Table II.

Patients with WH [5] vs. patients with classical TA [21] as first clinical manifestation of GCA overlapping PMR

Parameter	WH	TA	p value*
Gender, n (M, F)	1 M, 4 F	7 M, 14 F	< 0.000
Age at the date of examination – min-max [years]	68–84	70–85	NS
ESR – min-max [mm/h]	22–30	68–110	< 0.0000
CRP – min-max [mg/l]	2.2–6.00	12–66.4	< 0.0000
Disease duration before diagnosis, min-max [months]	2–8	0.5–1.00	< 0.005
Visual loss, n	0	2	< 0.000

^*Fisher exact test. P value was considered significative when < 0.05.