Table 1.

Characteristics of the 711 included patients with autoimmune Addison’s disease. Data are presented as mean ± s.d.

	PAI	APS-II	APS-I with PAI*
Patients, n	305	372	34
Frequency of females (%)	50.3	72.0	41.2
Age at diagnosis (years)	33.1 ± 15.4	36.6 ± 14.8	15.7 ± 9.6
Time between diagnosis and first sample (years)	11.5 ± 13.5	11.2 ± 12.7	15.0 ± 15.3
21OH-Abs index	577± 356	620 ± 319	317 ± 228
Positivity for 21OH-Abs (%)	88.2	93.8	85.3
Males	89.4%	93.2%
Females	87.6%	93.6%

APS, autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome; PAI, primary adrenocortical failure (isolated).