SLE-related factors | Abnormal ABI | Normal ABI | p-value |
Disease duration | 71.21 | 53.94 | 0.32 |
Diagnostic delay | 44.06 | 22.10 | 0.05 |
cSLEDAI (diagnostic) | 10.93 | 13.08 | 0.34 |
Steroid dose daily (mg) | 20.53 | 24.07 | 0.53 |
Cumulative dose (mg) | 1374.3 | 544.5 | 0.29 |
Steroid duration | 43.32 | 32.14 | 0.47 |
CRP | 12 | 11 | 0.05 |
Proteinuria | 8 | 18 | 0.22 |
LN | 6 | 13 | 0.27 |
cSLEDAI (mean value at inclusion) | 7.49 | 3 | 0.004 |