High Disease Severity Among Asian Patients in a US Multiethnic Cohort of Individuals With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Knowledge about systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) outcomes among US Asian patients is lacking. The present study was undertaken to examine SLE disease activity, severity, and damage among Asian patients of primarily Chinese and Filipino descent in a multiethnic cohort.

Methods

California Lupus Epidemiology Study (n = 328) data were analyzed. Data were collected in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Spanish using validated instruments for disease activity (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index), disease severity (Lupus Severity Index [LSI]), and disease damage (Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index). We assessed differences in SLE outcomes among racial/ethnic groups using multivariable linear re

SUBMITTER: DeQuattro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211905 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature