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. 2011 Mar 18;25(4):427–435. doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.23

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Number of patients 52
   
Gender (n (% of study population))
 Male 24 (46.2%)
 Female 28 (53.8%)
Median age at MMF start (years) 13 (range: 3–18)
Median disease duration prior to MMF therapy (months) 15.5 (range: 2–132)
Median duration of MMF therapy (months) 27 (range: 0.5–50)
Median follow-up time after MMF start (months) 33 (range: 6–53)
   
Diagnosis (n (% of study population))
 JIA anterior uveitis 25 (48.1%)
 Idiopathic intermediate uveitis 9 (17.3%)
 Idiopathic anterior uveitis 8 (15.4%)
 Idiopathic panuveitis 5 (9.6%)
 Idiopathic posterior uveitis 2 (3.8%)
 Sarcoidosis anterior uveitis 1 (1.9%)
 TINU anterior uveitis 1 (1.9%)
 Sympathetic ophthalmia panuveitis 1 (1.9%)
Disease laterality (n (% of study population))  
 Unilateral 12 (23.1%)
 Bilateral 40 (76.9%)
   
Previous steroid-sparing IMTs (n (% of study population))
 None 4 (7.7%)
 Methotrexate 48 (92.3%)
 Cyclosporine 4 (7.7%)
 Adalimumab 2 (3.8%)
 Infliximab 2 (3.8%)
 Etanercept 1 (1.9%)

Abbreviations: IMT, immunomodulatory therapy; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; TINU, tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome.