Table 1.
Disease incidence according to inflammatory marker test results
| Any relevant disease, n (%) | Autoimmune disease, n (%) | Infections, n (%) | Cancer, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untested (n= 37 539) | 1293 (3.4) | 200 (0.5) | 760 (2.0) | 354 (0.9) | |
| Normal inflammatory markersa (n= 98 951) | 5912 (6.0) | 1652 (1.7) | 2908 (2.9) | 1503 (1.5) | |
| Raised inflammatory markersb (n= 38 010) | 5712 (15.0) | 2121 (5.6) | 2407 (6.3) | 1407 (3.7) | |
| Raised inflammatory markers, subdivided according to subsequent test results (n= 38 010) | No subsequent inflammatory markers done (n= 27 874) | 3471 (12.5) | 1643 (5.9) | 952 (3.4) | 994 (3.6) |
| Subsequent inflammatory markers normal (n= 3314) | 615 (18.6) | 249 (7.5) | 321 (9.7) | 70 (2.1) | |
| One or more raised inflammatory marker on subsequent testing (n= 6822) | 1626 (23.8) | 515 (7.6) | 848 (12.4) | 343 (5.0) |
a
All inflammatory marker tests normal.
b
One or more inflammatory markers raised.