Table 3.

Vascular disease and PMR

	PMR patients			Control patients
Study	PMR cases (n)	Comorbid condition (n)	Proportion (%)	Controls (n)	Comorbid condition (n)	Proportion (%)
Stroke
Kang et al. [46]	781	113	14.47	3905	273	6.99
Zoller et al. [48]	16,496	1981	12.01
Kremers et al. [42]	276	58	21.01
Hancock et al. [58]	3249	397	12.22	12,735	556	4.37
Myocardial infarction
Kremers et al. [42]	276	47	17.03
Hancock et al. [58]	3249	460	14.16	12,735	575	4.52
Zoller et al. [48]	21,351	5669	26.55
Heart failure
Kremers et al. [42]	276	68	24.64
Peripheral vascular disease
Kremers et al. [42]	276	35	12.68
Hancock et al. [58]	3249	140	4.31	12,735	151	1.19
Warrington et al. [43]	353	38	10.76	705	28	3.97
Combined
Kremers et al. [42]	276	208	75.36
Hancock et al. [58]	3249	918	28.25	12,735	1150	9.03
Pujades-Rodriguez et al. [60]	9776	2272	23.24	105,504	21,559	20.43
Bengtsson and Malmvall [30]	73	16	21.92

PMR polymyalgia rheumatica