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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Jul;69(7):1088–1094. doi: 10.1002/acr.23113

Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical Features and Outcomes of Juvenile Myositis Patients with Anti-HMGCR Autoantibodies Compared to those with other Myositis Autoantibodies.

Feature Anti-HMGCR (n=5) Anti-SRP (n=8) Anti-Synthetase (n=16) Anti-p155/140 (n=142) Anti-MJ (n=111) MSA and MAA negative (n=62)

Median [IQR] Median [IQR] Median [IQR] Median [IQR] Median [IQR] Median [IQR]
Age at Diagnosis (yr.) 8.1
[7.1–12.0]
14.9
[10.7–16.0]
14.0
[8.2–16.6]
7.2
[4.4–11.0]
6.3
[4.5–10.3]
8.4
[5.4–11.5]
Delay in Diagnosis (mo.) 3.3
[2.8–4.6]
1.9
[1.1–5.4]
6.9
[1.5–13.0]
5.0
[2.0–10.0]
3.0
[1.0–7.0]
4.0
[2.0–12.0]

N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)

Gender Female 3 (60.0) 5 (62.5) 13 (81.3) 115 (81.0) 76 (68.5) 37 (59.7)
Race Caucasian 3 (60.0) 1 (14.3) 9 (56.3) 115 (81.0) 79 (71.2) 41 (66.1)
African American 1 (20.0) 6 (85.7) 5 (31.3) 6 (4.2) 17 (15.3) 7 (11.3)
Other 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 2 (12.5) 21 (14.8) 15 (13.5) 14 (22.6)
Disease Onset Speed Insidious (>6 mo.) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 10 (62.5) 60 (42.6) 33 (30.0) 24 (40.7)
Slow (3–6 mo.) 2 (40.0) 1 (14.3) 2 (12.5) 32 (22.7) 27 (24.6) 21 (35.6)
Subacute (1–3 mo.) 3 (60.0) 4 (57.1) 0 (0) 33 (23.4) 31 (28.2) 10 (17.0)
Onset Severity Mild/Moderate 0 (0) 0 (0) 8 (50.0) 114 (80.3) 73 (66.4) 42 (71.2)
Severe/Very Severe 5 (100) 7 (100) 8 (50.0) 28 (19.7) 37 (33.6) 18 (28.8)
Disease Course Chronic 4 (80.0) 6 (75.0) 10 (62.5) 76 (53.5) 41 (36.9) 22 (35.5)
Polycyclic 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 2 (12.5) 22 (15.5) 26 (23.4) 14 (22.6)
Monocyclic 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (12.5) 14 (9.9) 26 (23.4) 16 (25.8)
Undefined 0 (0) 2 (25.0) 2 (12.5) 30 (21.1) 18 (16.2) 10 (16.1)
Outcomes Ever hospitalized 5 (100) 8 (100) 11 (68.8) 66 (48.9) 68 (64.2) 28 (50.0)
Calcinosis 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 1 (6.3) 41 (28.9) 40 (36.0) 24 (38.7)
Wheelchair use 2 (40.0) 6 (75.0) 3 (20.0) 16 (11.5) 27 (25.2) 4 (7.0)
Devices for mobility 0 (0) 5 (71.4) 2 (13.3) 12 (8.6) 12 (11.2) 1 (1.8)
Mortality 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (12.5) 3 (2.1) 2 (1.8) 3 (4.8)

Abbreviations: hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; SRP, signal recognition particle; ARS, anti-synthetase; p155/140, transforming inhibitory factor-1, TIF-1; MSA, myositis-specific autoantibodies; MAA, myositis-associated autoantibodies; Ab, autoantibodies;