Table 1.

Clinical and Laboratory characteristics of GCA patients (Cross-sectional study).

Sex (F/M)	18/12
Age [years, median (range)]	73 (56–85)
ESR [mm/h, median (range)]	26 (4–104)
CRP [mg/l, median (range)]	5.5 (0.3–134)
Active/remission	13/17
Receiving GC/not receiving GC	15/15
Methotrexate	4
Diagnostic method	10/14/6
Biopsy/PET/combination (biopsy + PET)
Clinical manifestations at time of diagnosis cranial/systemic/combination	9/5/14
Concomitant polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)	6
Disease duration [months, median (range)]	18 (0–60)
Claudication	15
Visual ischemia	6