Clinical Study
Neuropsychiatric Features of a Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Table 2
Demographic characteristics, disease duration, and followup of NPSLE and non-NPSLE patients.
| Characteristics | NPSLE (%) | Non-NPSLE (%) |
| Female | 18 (82) | 70 (92) | Male | 4 (18) | 6 (8) | Female : male ratio | 4,5 | 11,7 | Age, mean ± SD (y) | | | Caucasian | 17 (77) | 68 (89) | Non-Caucasian | 5 (23) | 8 (11) | Portugal | 18 (82) | 66 (87) | Portuguese speaking Africa | 4 (18) | 8 (11) | Brazil | 0 | 2 (3) | Single | 9 (41) | 30 (39) | Nonsingle | 13 (59) | 46 (61) | Progeny | 6 (27) | 41 (54) | Postsecondary education | 8 (36) | 33 (43) | Disease duration, mean ± SD (years) | | | Followup, mean ± SD (years) | | |
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