Table 2

Baseline features as predictors of phenotype transition from mild to moderate disease

Transition from mild to moderate disease
BaselineUnivariableCIMultivariableCI
SDI (0 vs ≠0)0.230.02 to 1.92
Age at diagnosis0.970.95 to 0.991.020.97 to 1.06
Disease duration1.07 (per year)1.03 to 1.111.051.00 to 1.11
Sex (m/f)0.540.14 to 2.080.470.08 to 2.76
Late-onset SLE0.20.09 to 0.630.360.09 to 1.46
Acute cutaneous lupus0.650.36 to 1.24
Leucopenia1.020.52 to 1.99
Fever2.040.88 to 4.74
ANA4.30.51 to 35.67
dsDNA2.721.44 to 5.152.391.07 to 5.32
Low complement1.360.71 to 2.59
Anti-Sm0.490.05 to 4.8
  • Values in bold represent associations that reached statistical significance (p< 0.05).

  • anti-Sm, anti-Smith; dsDNA, double-stranded DNA; m/f, male/female; SDI, SLICC Damage Index; SLICC, Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics.