The Usefulness of Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and Anti-C1q Antibody in Monitoring Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity
Table 1
Demographic data of active SLE, nonactive SLE, and controls.
Characteristics
Active SLE
(%)
Nonactive SLE
(%)
Controls
(%)
value
Age (years)
26.00 (8.57)a
31.32 (8.63)a
31.44 (8.86)a
0.003
b
<20
12 (26.7)
6 (12.0)
0 (0.0)
20–35
26 (57.8)
27 (54.0)
37 (74.0)
>35
7 (15.5)
17 (34.0)
13 (26.0)
Sex
Female
42 (93.3)
49 (98)
42 (84.0)
—
Male
3 (6.7)
1 (2)
8 (16.0)
Race
Malay
44 (97.8)
46 (92.0)
42 (84.0)
—
Chinese
0 (0.0)
3 (6.0)
5 (10.0)
Indians
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
3 (6.0)
Others
1 (2.2)
1 (2.0)
0 (0.0)
Disease duration (years)
1.00 (2.75)c
6.50 (7.50)c
—
<0.001
d
SLEDAI score
12.00 (14.00)c
2.00 (2.00)c
—
<0.001
e
Mean (SD).
bOne-way ANOVA. Post hoc test Scheffe’s procedure: active SLE versus nonactive SLE , active SLE versus control , and nonactive SLE versus control .
cMedian (IQR).
dMann-Whitney test, statistic = −5.69.
eMann-Whitney test, statistic = −8.46. Level of significance is set at .
