Table 1.

Average time required to satisfy the ACR criteria among the cases

Serial number	Diagnosis	Average time from diagnosis to satisfying ACR criteria (months)
1	ITP	32
2	ITP	72
3	ITP, hypothyroidism	40
4	AIHA	7
5	AIHA, nephrotic syndrome	64
6	Polyarthralgia	4
7	APLA, high ESR	14
8	CVA, ITP, high ESR	144
9	Anemia, splenomegaly	6
10	Secondary Sjögren’s syndrome	4
11	Thyrotoxicosis	11
12	Polyarthralgia	8
13	Polyarthralgia	4
14	Anemia, high ESR	12
15	Pancytopenia	12
16	MDS	60

Abbreviations: ACR, American College of Rheumatology; ITP, immune thrombocytopenic purpura; AIHA, autoimmune hemolytic anemia; APLA, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.