Craig Alter, Margaret Boguszewski, David Clemmons, Georgiana A Dobri, Mitchell E Geffner, Nicky Kelepouris, Bradley S Miller, Richard Oh, Heidi Shea, Kevin C J Yuen
Insights from an advisory board: Facilitating transition of care into adulthood in brain cancer survivors with acquired pediatric growth hormone deficiency
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society
health disparities adult lupus including higher disease severity activity among poverty identified similar associations pediatric lupus clearly established study undertaken investigate relationship income level socioeconomic factors length stay los hospital severe lupus features using 2016 kids inpatient database kid lupus hospitalizations identified children ages 220 years 2016 kid using international statistical classification diseases related health problems tenth revision icd10 codes m32 univariate multivariate negative binomial regression analyses used analyze association income level race ethnicity insurance status los hospital univariate multivariate logistic regression analyses used analyze association predictors presence severe lupus features defined using icd10 codes associated lupus sequelae eg lupus nephritis total 3367 unweighted 4650 weighted lupus hospitalizations identified income level found statistically significant predictor increased los hospital lowest income quartile adjusted incidence rate ratio 112 95 confidence interval 95 ci 102123 black race race public insurance also associated severe lupus features adjusted odds ratio oradj 151 95 ci 111206 oradj 161 95 ci 101255 oradj 151 95 ci 117255 respectively using nationally representative data set income level found statistically significant predictor los hospital among lowest reported income highlighting potential target population intervention additionally black race public insurance associated severe lupus features