Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of sarcoidosis patients.

	Patients (n:70)
Female, n(%)	50(71,4)
Age, years, mean±SD	48.98±11.78
BMI, mean±SD	26,89±3,36
Smoking, n(%)	18(25,7)
Age of symptom onset, years, mean±SD	43,44±11,32
Age at diagnosis, years, mean±SD	43,5±11,01
Delay in diagnosis, months, median (IQR)	3(2,25)
Disease duration, months, mean±SD	64,75±49,75
Comorbidities, n(%) Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Chronic renal failure Coronary artery disease COPD/Asthma Hypothyroidism	17(24,3) 14(20) 3(4,3) 3(4,3) 6(8,6) 6(8,6)
Malignancy, n(%)*	2(2,8)

*1 thyroid papillary ca,1 hepatocellular ca

SD: standard deviation, n:number, IQR: interquartile range, COPD: chronic obsturctive pulmonary disease