Table 1

Factors related to unemployment/disability in SLE

Sociodemographic factor

Univariate

Multivariate model^a

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Gender (female vs. male)

0.61

0.28 to 1.34

0.22

0.88

0.25 to 3.03

0.83

Race (white vs. black)

0.30

0.17 to 0.52

<0.001

0.36

0.15 to 0.86

0.021

Education (per year)

0.75

0.69 to 0.81

<0.001

0.75

0.67 to 0.84

<0.001

Depression

4.09

2.68 to 6.25

<0.001

4.52

2.42 to 8.45

<0.001

Currently taking corticosteroids

2.65

1.80 to 3.91

<0.001

2.06

1.18 to 3.62

0.012

Organ damage

Cardiovascular

7.48

3.49 to 16.03

<0.001

7.78

2.77 to 21.82

<0.001

Renal

5.34

2.04 to 13.97

<0.001

9.38

2.6 to 33.85

0.001

Neuropsychiatric

2.76

1.59 to 4.81

0.001

Neuropsychiatric, low SLAQ

6.65

1.41 to 31.44

0.017

Neuropsychiatric, high SLAQ

0.93

0.37 to 2.34

0.87

^aLogistic regression.

Lim et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012 14(Suppl 3):A13   doi:10.1186/ar3947