Table 1

The clinical characteristics of new-onset SLE patients diagnosed with 2019 criteria

Clinical criteriaPositive/total patients (%)
N96
Fever40/96 (42)
Cutaneous domain
 Acute cutaneous lupus24/96 (25)
 Subacute cutaneous lupus or discord rash25/96 (26)
 Non-scaring alopecia19/96 (20)
 Oral ulcer18/96 (19)
Arthritis domain51/96 (53)
Serositis domain25/96 (26)
 Pleural or pericardial effusion21/96 (22)
 Acute pericarditis4/96 (4)
Renal domain37/96 (39)
 Protein >0.5 g/24 hours37/96 (39)
 Class Ⅱ or Ⅴ lupus nephritis0/96 (0)
 Class Ⅲ or Ⅳ lupus nephritis0/96 (0)
Neurologic domain
 Seizure0/96 (0)
 Psychosis0/96 (0)
 Delirium0/96 (0)
Haematologic domain
 Leucopenia61/96 (64)
 Thrombocytopenia31/96 (32)
 Autoimmune haemolysis57/96 (59)
Laboratory criteriaPositive/total patients (%)
Immunologic
 Anticardiolipin antibodies10/96 (10)
 Antibeta2-glycoprotein antibodies23/96 (24)
 Lupus anticoagulant26/96 (27)
 Complement domain86/96 (90)
Highly specific antibodies domain
 Anti-dsDNA antibody87/96 (91)
 Anti-Sm antibody20/96 (21)
  • Anti-dsDNA, antibodies to double-stranded DNA; Anti-Sm, anti-Smith; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.