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Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of SLE patients and healthy controls at study entry

From: Depressive symptoms are associated with tumor necrosis factor alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus

 

SLE patients

N = 153 (%)

Healthy controls

N = 40 (%)

Sex

  

 Female

148 (96.7)

37 (92.5)

Age (years)

30 (range 10–62)

28.5 (range 12–59)

Disease duration (years)

9 (range 0–33)

–

SLEDAI score

  

SLEDAI ≥3 N = 68

8 (range 4–18)

–

SLEDAI <3 N = 85

0 (range 0–2)

 

SDI ≥1 N = 77

1 (range 0–9)

–

  1. Results were given as median and range