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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Correlation between disease activity in both female cohorts and physical and mental component summary scores of SF-36

From: Impact of sustained remission on quality of life among women with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective observational study

Groups of patients

DAS28 RA (N = 62)

SLEDAI SLE (N = 34)

r (p)

r (p)

PCS

− 0.50 (< 0.001)

− 0.64 (< 0.001)

MCS

− 0.46 (< 0.001)

− 0.62 (< 0.001)

  1. Abbreviations: SF-36 Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, DAS28 Disease activity score, RA Rheumatoid arthritis, SLEDAI Systemic Lupus Disease Activity Index, SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus, PCS Physical components summary of the SF-36, MCS Mental components summary of the SF-36, ρ Spearman’s rho
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