The Correlations of Disease Activity, Socioeconomic Status, Quality of Life, and Depression/Anxiety in Chinese Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 1

Demographic, psychological, and disease characteristics in SLE patients and controls.

Variables	SLE patients; (𝑁=158)	Control subjects; (𝑁=196)	𝑃
Female gender^a	144 (91.2)	176 (89.8)	0.76
Age, years^b	32.9 ± 10.2	35.0 ± 11.4	0.20
SAS (≥50)^a	32 (20.3)	14 (7.1)	<0.01
SDS (≥53)^a	52 (32.9)	28 (14.3)	0.003
SLEDAI	11.8 ± 9.5
Marital status^b
Single	32 (20.3)	56 (18.6)	0.20
Married	126 (79.7)	140 (71.4)
Education^b
<9 years	86 (54.4)	96 (49.0)	0.47
≥9 years	72 (45.6)	100 (51.0)
Work status^b
Working	30 (19.0)	44 (22.5)	0.57
Unemployed	128 (81.0)	152 (77.5)
Income/person^b
≤2000 yuan	100 (63.3)	118 (60.2)	0.68
>2000 yuan	58 (36.7)	78 (39.8)
Menstrual history^b
Normal	96 (66.7)	102 (58.0)	0.26
Abnormal	48 (33.3)	74 (42.0)

aMean ± SD. ^bNumber (percentage).
SAS: revised Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: revised Self-Rating Depression Scale; SLEDAI: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index.