Table 3 Cross-tabulation of BILAG-2004 and SLEDAI-2000 scores for patients recruited into the study

	SLEDAI-2000 Score ⩾6	SLEDAI-2000 Score <6	Total
Overall BILAG-2004 Score of A or B	19	35	54
Overall BILAG-2004 Score of C or D or E	5	34	39
Total	24	69	93

(exact test p = 0.017)
BILAG, British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) index; SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index.
Overall BILAG-2004 score for a patient was determined by the highest score achieved by any system in the index.