Frequency of disease activity patterns during the first year of observation and during the first three consecutive years (3-year block)
| First year block (N=1886) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR n (%) | LQ n (%) | CA n (%) | Median (min-max) n (%) | |
| M-SLEDAI | 1244 66% | 367 19.5% | 275 14.6% | |
| PGA | 1069 56.7% | 104 5.5% | 712 37.8% | |
| First 3-year block (N=916) | ||||
| pRR n (%) | pLQ n (%) | pCA n (%) | Mixed n (%) | |
| M-SLEDAI | 305 33.3% | 59 6.4% | 34 3.7% | 518 56.6% |
| PGA | 243 26.5% | 6 0.7% | 149 16.3% | 518 56.6% |
CA, chronic active; LQ, long quiescent; M-SLEDAI, modified SLE Disease Activity Index; pCA, persistent chronic active; PGA, Physician Global Assessment; pLQ, persistent long quiescent; pRR, persistent relapsing-remitting; RR, relapsing-remitting.