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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Feb 6;70(3):439–449. doi: 10.1002/art.40379

Table 1.

Study Population Baseline Characteristics

	Large Vessel Vasculitis			Comparator Groups

	GCA	TAK	Total	Hyper-lipidemia	LVV Mimic	Healthy	Total
Patients (n)	30	26	56	35	17	7	59
PET Scans (n)	67	44	111	35	17	7	59
Age Years (sd)	68.5	31.4	51.0	63.6	44.6	49.3	56.5
Age Years (sd)	(9.1)	(10.8)	(21.5)	(5.7)	(24.5)	(20.7)	(17.4)
Sex Female (%)	21	18	39	11	11	5	27
Sex Female (%)	(70.0)	(69.2)	(69.6)	(31.4)	(64.7)	(71.4)	(45.8)
Body Mass Index kg/m² (sd)	27.8	27.6	27.7	28.1	26.7	30.3	28.0
Body Mass Index kg/m² (sd)	(5.7)	(8.8)	(7.3)	(4.5)	(7.7)	(7.7)	(6.0)
Disease Duration Years (sd)	2.6	12.5	6.9	NA	NA	NA	NA
Disease Duration Years (sd)	(2.7)	(10.9)	(8.9)	NA	NA	NA	NA
No. of abnormal FDG-PET Scans (%)	49	26	75	6	3	1	10
No. of abnormal FDG-PET Scans (%)	(73.1)	(59.1)	(67.6)	(17.1)	(17.6)	(14.3)	(16.9)

GCA=giant cell arteritis; TAK=Takayasu’s arteritis; LVV=large vessel vasculitis; n=number; sd=standard deviation; NA=not applicable.