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.