2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria

2019 EULAR/ACR SLE classification: a positive ANA ≥ 1:80 entry gate, then the single highest-weighted item per domain summed; classify if entry met, total ≥ 10, and ≥ 1 clinical.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Entry: ANA ≥ 1:80 ever
Yes
Joint involvement
Yes
Anti-dsDNA or anti-Sm
Yes

Result: Meets 2019 EULAR/ACR criteria for SLE (weighted total 12).

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

Entry + rule
ANA ≥ 1:80 ever is a hard entry gate; only the highest-weighted item per domain counts; classify if entry met, total ≥ 10, and ≥ 1 clinical criterion.
Top weights
Renal biopsy III/IV 10; acute cutaneous, joints, pericarditis, anti-dsDNA/Sm 6; seizure, serous effusion 5.

What you enter

  • Entry: ANA ≥ 1:80 ever
  • Fever (+2)
  • Leukopenia (+3)
  • Thrombocytopenia (+4)
  • Autoimmune hemolysis (+4)
  • Delirium (+2)
  • Psychosis (+3)
  • Seizure (+5)
The other 14 fields
  • Nonscarring alopecia (+2)
  • Oral ulcers (+2)
  • Subacute cutaneous or discoid lupus (+4)
  • Acute cutaneous lupus (+6)
  • Pleural or pericardial effusion (+5)
  • Acute pericarditis (+6)
  • Joint involvement (+6)
  • Proteinuria > 0.5 g/24 h (+4)
  • Renal biopsy class II or V (+8)
  • Renal biopsy class III or IV (+10)
  • Antiphospholipid antibodies (+2)
  • Low C3 or C4 (+3)
  • Low C3 and C4 (+4)
  • Anti-dsDNA or anti-Sm (+6)
How this is calculated

Aringer M, Costenbader K, Daikh D, et al. 2019 European League Against Rheumatism / American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019;71(9):1400-1412. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

Browse all tools

Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.