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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Sep;72(9):1296–1304. doi: 10.1002/acr.24117

Table 1.

Patient demographics and outcome measure scores at baseline visit

All patients(n=112) GCA (n=56) TAK (n=56) p-value
Patient Demographics
 Age 55 (34–71) 71 (63.3–76) 34 (22.3–43.8) <0.01
 Sex (% female) 79.5% (n=89) 78.5% (n=44) 80.4% (n=45) 1.00
 Race (% Caucasian) 73.2% (n=82) 78.6% (n=44) 67.9% (n=38) 0.29
 BMI 25.8 (22.4–29.4) 26.3 (24.8–29.2) 25.7 (21.6–29.5) 0.31
 Prednisone Dose (mg/day) 5 (0–19.4) 5 (0–28.8) 2.5 (0–10) 0.05
 Other immunosuppressant 54.5% (n=61) 44.6% (n=25) 64.3% (n=36) 0.06
 Disease duration (years) 2.4 (0.7–8.3) 1.4 (0.5–2.9) 5.3 (1.6–15.2) <0.01
Patient Reported Outcomes
 Patient Global Assessment 4 (1–6) 4 (1–5.8) 4 (1.8–6.3) 0.58
 MFI 14 (12–17) 14 (9–16) 15 (12–17.8) 0.10
 BIPQ 41 (31–50) 41 (30–50) 43 (34.8–50) 0.24
 SF-36 PCS 50.2 (43.5–57.3) 50 (42.7–54.3) 50.7 (44.1–57.9) 0.37
 SF-36 MCS 50 (40.1–56.7) 51.1 (41.5–58.9) 48 (37.5–55.2) 0.15
Physician Reported Outcomes
 Physician Global Assessment 0 (0–3) 0 (0–3) 0 (0–3) 0.60
 Active Disease at Visit
(Physician Global >0)
42% (n=47) 46.4% (n=26) 37.5% (n=21) 0.44
Laboratory Outcomes
 CRP (mg/L) 4.1 (1.1–11) 5.0 (1–10.4) 3.75 (1.2–13.8) 0.83
 ESR (mm/hour) 18 (7.3–29) 15.5 (7.3–31.8) 18 (7.5–29) 0.90
Imaging Outcomes
 PETVAS 17 (13–24) 19 (14–26.5) 15 (9–19) <0.01

Values are reported as median and interquartile range or as percentage and n-value. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare continuous variables. Two-tailed fisher exact test was used to compare categorical variables. Values may not be based on total denominations if there were missing responses.

GCA= giant cell arteritis; TAK= Takayasu’s arteritis; BMI= body mass index; MFI= Multi-dimensional fatigue inventory; BIPQ= brief illness perception questionnaire; SF-36 PCS= 36-item short form health survey physical component summary score; SF-36 MCS= 36-item short form health survey mental component summary score; CRP= c-reactive protein; ESR= erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PETVAS= qualitative score of vascular FDG-PET activity; mg= milligram; L=liters; mm=millimeter.