Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis

Characteristics	No vision loss (N=225)	Vision loss (N=20)	P value
Age, years, mean (±SD)	75.7 (±8.2)	82.1 (±6.5)	<0.001
Female sex	178 (79%)	16 (80%)	0.93
ESR, mm/hr, mean (±SD)	80.6 (±57.5)	72.1 (±21.2)	0.51
No systemic sx of GCA	9 (4%)	4 (20%)	0.002
Fever > 100° F	37 (17%)	3 (15%)	0.85
Weight loss	54 (24%)	1 (5%)	0.048
Headache	168 (75%)	9 (45%)	0.003
Jaw claudication	98 (44%)	11 (55%)	0.34
Scalp tenderness	96 (45%)	5 (25%)	0.08
Headache, Jaw claudication or scalp tenderness	199 (98%)	14 (70%)	0.012
Polymyalgia rheumatica	61 (27%)	5 (25%)	0.84

Values in table are n (%) unless otherwise specified.