Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of SAPHO patients on antibiotics

Clinical parameter	SAPHO patients (n = 30)
Age (years)
Mean ± standard error	51.6 ± 3.3
Median (range)	51 (20 to 72)
Sex (female:male)	16/14 (53/47)
Disease duration (years)
Mean ± standard error	9.4 ± 2.5
Median (range)	11 (1 to 27)
HLA B27-positive	2 (7)
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis	4 (14)
Biopsy of osteitis lesion with positive bacterial culture	14 (47)
> 1 osteitis lesion	11 (37)
Psoriasis	1 (3)
Pustulosis palmoplantaris	21 (70)
Acne	3 (10)
Arthritis/oligoarthritis	20 (67)

Data presented as n (%) unless stated otherwise.