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. 2013 Aug 5;8(8):e70625. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070625

Table 1. Demographic data of patients with JIA.

JIA n = 2636 JRA n = 1520 ERA n = 1033 PsA n = 83
% 100% 57.7% 39.2% 3.2%
Male-female ratio 1.69∶1 1.17∶1 3.3∶1 1.02∶1
Diagnosis age (yr) (min-max) 11.5±3.7 (0.6–15.99) 10.2±3.9 (0.6–15.97) 13.4±2.3 (3.6–15.99) 11.9±3.8 (1.4–15.96)
Male 11.7±3.6a 10.0±3.8 13.5±2.3 11.5±4.1
Female 11.2±3.9a 10.4±4.0 13.3±2.5 12.4±3.4
Follow-up duration (yr) (min-max) 3.5±3.5 (0.02–14.8) 3.5±3.7 (0.03–14.8) 3.6±3.3 (0.02–14.6) 2.6±3.0 0.02–10.6)
Male 3.8±3.6b 3.7±3.8c 3.8±3.4d 2.7±3.3
Female 3.1±3.4b 3.2±3.5c 2.7±3.0d 2.4±2.6
uveitis 125/2636 (4.7%) 44/1520 (2.9%) 81/1033 (7.8%) 0
Male 87/1656 (5.3%) 21/822 (2.6%) 66/793 (8.3%) 0
Female 38/980 (3.9%) 23/699 (3.3%) 15/240 (6.3%) 0
cataract 14/125 (11.1%) 9/44 (20.5%) 5/81 (6.2%) 0
Male 4/87 (4.6%) 1/21 (4.8%) 3/66 (4.6%) 0
Female 10/38 (26.3%) 8/23 (34.8%) 2/15 (13.3%) 0
glaucoma 31/125 (24.8%) 10/44 (22.7%) 21/81 (25.9%) 0
Male 21/87 (24.1%) 2/21 (9.5%) 19/66 (28.8%) 0
Female 10/38 (26.3%) 8/23 (34.8%) 2/15 (13.3%) 0
Blindness and low vision 0 0 0 0
a

p = 0.001, b p<0.0001, c p = 0.01, and d p<0.0001 compared male and female patients, by student's t test.

Abbreviations: JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; JRA, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; ERA, enthesitis-related arthritis; PsA, and psoriatic arthritis.