Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and final diagnoses in 55 patients with clinically suspected GCA

Findings	GCA (n = 22)	Miscellaneous diagnoses (n = 33)
Age 50 years or above	22	33
Elevated ESR	19	30
Fever	9	19
New onset of headache	14	10
Diffuse musculoskeletal pain	7	15
Jaw claudication	3	0
Temporal artery tenderness	8	3
Acute visual impairement	5	2

CDS, colour duplex ultrasonography; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GCA, giant cell arteritis.