Research Article

Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients without Major Neuropsychiatric Manifestations

Table 1

General conditions of 176 SLE patients.

Median, IQR

Age (year)29.5 (24, 37)
Disease duration (month)8 (1, 32)
Proteinuria (g/day)0.295 (0.1, 1)
SLEDAI11 (6, 17)
Cumulative dosage
 Prednisone (g)0.93 (0.16, 9)
 CTX (g)0 (0, 0.2)
 HCQ (g)1 (0, 11.6)
SLEDAI11 (6, 17.75)
HAMD9 (6, 13)
HAMA7 (4, 11)

(%)

Female153 (86.9%)
Autoantibodies
 Antinuclear antibody (ANA)176 (100.0%)
 Anti-P0 antibody68 (38.6%)
 Anti-dsDNA antibody92 (52.3%)
 Anti-Sm antibody100 (56.8%)
 Anti-U1-RNP antibody61 (34.7%)
 Anti-SSA-52 kD antibody79 (44.9%)
 Anti-SSA-60 kD antibody112 (63.6%)
 Anti-SSB antibody47 (26.7%)
 Anti-histones antibody96 (54.5%)
 Anti-nucleosome antibody86 (48.9%)
 Anticardiolipin (aCL) antibody35 (19.9%)
 Lupus anticoagulant complex (LAC)60 (34.1%)
Active disease activity (SLEDAI > 9)95 (54.0%)
 Arthritis58 (33.0%)
 Myositis13 (7.4%)
 Urinary casts5 (2.8%)
 Hematuria56 (31.8%)
 Proteinuria59 (33.5%)
 Pyuria65 (36.9%)
 New rash57 (32.4%)
 Alopecia41 (23.3%)
 Mucosal ulcers16 (9.1%)
 Pleurisy21 (11.9%)
 Pericarditis17 (9.7%)
 Low complement143 (81.3%)
 Fever38 (21.6%)
 Thrombocytopenia30 (17.0%)
 Leukopenia49 (27.8%)
 Lupus headache6 (3.4%)
 Vasculitis10 (5.7%)
 Visual disturbance2 (1.1%)
 Seizure, psychosis, organic brain syndrome, cranial nerve disorder, and cerebrovascular accidents0 (0%)
Depression14 (8.0%)
Anxiety21 (11.9%)

SLEDAI: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; CTX: cyclophosphamide; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine; HAMD: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HAMA: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.