Metadata

Name Lupus erythematosus (local and systemic) (SLE)
Category Musculoskeletal
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID 19a755ad-b706-45f2-affe-15b8a7003325
Definition A long-term condition causing inflammation to the joints, skin and other organs.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_8857
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0003834
MeSH D008180
SNOMED-CT 200936003
FinnGen L12_LUPUS

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 1338
Female (%) 1109 (83%)
Male (%) 229 (17%)

Year first recorded

SLE year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced SLE cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of SLE

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 38.19 (34.04,42.34)
Male 7.42 (5.42,9.42)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 1.16 (0.88,1.44)
Male 0.42 (0.24,0.61)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 0.81 (0.25,1.36)
Ages 45-49 0.67 (0.23,1.11)
Ages 50-54 0.51 (0.16,0.86)
Ages 55-59 0.52 (0.2,0.84)
Ages 60-64 0.85 (0.49,1.2)
Ages 65-69 1.46 (0.93,1.99)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB SLE prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 21 (17,25) 23 (20,27) 26 (22,29)
CALIBER 21 (20,23) 26 (25,28) 28 (27,30)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 15(8,27) 14(8,21) 21(15,28)
Low 17(9,28) 19(13,28) 21(15,28)
Medium 13(7,24) 26(19,36) 29(22,38)
High 20(12,32) 24(17,33) 30(22,39)
Most deprived 34(24,46) 31(23,42) 28(21,38)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 22(17,27) 22(18,26) 25(22,29)
Scotland 16(7,31) 29(19,42) 30(21,42)
Wales 13(4,34) 24(13,41) 24(14,38)

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1381 systemic lupus erythematosis/sle
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 L93 Lupus erythematosus
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 M32 Systemic lupus erythematosus
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 L93 Lupus erythematosus
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 M32 Systemic lupus erythematosus
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 L93 Lupus erythematosus
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 M32 Systemic lupus erythematosus
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 L93 Lupus erythematosus
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 M32 Systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records F371000 Polyneuropathy in disseminated lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records F396100 Myopathy due to disseminated lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records F4D3300 Eyelid discoid lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records H57y400 Lung disease with systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records K01x400 Nephrotic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records K01x411 Lupus nephritis
42040 GP clinical event records K0B4000 Renal tubulo-interstitial disorder in SLE
42040 GP clinical event records M154000 Lupus erythematosus chronicus
42040 GP clinical event records M154100 Discoid lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records M154200 Lupus erythematosus migrans
42040 GP clinical event records M154300 Lupus erythematosus nodularis
42040 GP clinical event records M154400 Lupus erythematosus profundus
42040 GP clinical event records M154500 Lupus erythematosus tumidus
42040 GP clinical event records M154600 Lupus erythematosus unguium mutilans
42040 GP clinical event records M154700 Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records M154.00 Lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records M154z00 Lupus erythematosus NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Myu7800 [X]Other local lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records N000000 Disseminated lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records N000100 Libman-Sacks disease
42040 GP clinical event records N000200 Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records N000300 Systemic lupus erythematosus with organ or sys involv
42040 GP clinical event records N000400 Systemic lupus erythematosus with pericarditis
42040 GP clinical event records N000600 Cerebral lupus
42040 GP clinical event records N000.00 Systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records N000z00 Systemic lupus erythematosus NOS
42040 GP clinical event records Nyu4300 [X]Other forms of systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records ZRq8.00 Systemic lupus activity measure
42040 GP clinical event records ZRq8.11 SLAM - Systemic lupus activity measure
42040 GP clinical event records ZRq9.00 Systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index
42040 GP clinical event records ZRq9.11 SLEDAI-Sys lup ery dis act ind
42040 GP clinical event records XaC1J Systemic lupus erythematosus with pericarditis
42040 GP clinical event records XaBE1 Renal tubulo-interstitial disorder in systemic lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records X704h Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
42040 GP clinical event records X00Dx Cerebral lupus