Table 1.
Description of the characteristics of the patients in training dataset and in the test dataset.
| Training Dataset 877 (100%) |
Test Dataset 154 (100%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis (years) | <40 | 315 (35.9%) | 74 (48.1%) |
| 40–50 | 146 (16.6%) | 24 (15.6%) | |
| 50–60 | 134 (15.3%) | 19 (12.3%) | |
| >60 | 282 (32.2%) | 37 (24.0%) | |
| Sex | Female | 534 (60.9%) | 78 (50.6%) |
| Male | 343 (39.1%) | 76 (49.4%) | |
| Ethnic group | Caucasian | 676 (77.1%) | 127 (82.5%) |
| Sub-Saharan African | 12 (1.4%) | 5 (3.2%) | |
| North African | 157 (17.9%) | 22 (14.3%) | |
| South American | 11 (1.3%) | 0 | |
| Other | 7 (0.8%) | 0 | |
| Asian | 14 (1.6%) | 0 | |
| Anatomic type | Anterior uveitis | 311 (35.5%) | 103 (66.9%) |
| Combined uveitis | 104 (11.9%) | 6 (3.9%) | |
| Panuveitis | 267 (30.4%) | 19 (12.3%) | |
| Posterior uveitis | 111 (12.7%) | 14 (9.1%) | |
| Intermediate uveitis | 84 (9.6%) | 12 (7.8%) | |
| Chronicity | Acute | 292 (33.3%) | 144 (93.5%) |
| Chronic | 585 (66.7%) | 10 (6.5%) | |
| Laterality | Bilateral | 515 (58.7%) | 40 (26.0%) |
| Unilateral | 362 (41.3%) | 114 (74.0%) | |
| Not available | 3 (0.3%) | 0 | |
| Granulomatous character | No | 614 (70.0%) | 120 (77.9%) |
| Yes | 263 (30.0%) | 34 (22.1%) | |
| Not available | 8 (0.9%) | 0 | |
| Vasculitis | No | 793 (88.4%) | 132 (85.2%) |
| Yes | 104 (11.6%) | 23 (14.8%) | |
| Ocular hypertension | No | 804 (91.7%) | 137 (89.0%) |
| Yes | 73 (8.3%) | 17 (11.0%) | |
| Not available | 9 (1.0%) | 0 | |
| Etiology | Idiopathic uveitis | 431 (49.1%) | 103 (66.9%) |
| Sarcoidosis | 191 (21.8%) | 8 (5.2%) | |
| Spondyloarthritis & HLA-B27-related | 119 (13.6%) | 30 (19.5%) | |
| Tuberculosis | 59 (6.7%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Behcet’s disease | 30 (3.4%) | 3 (1.9%) | |
| Multiple sclerosis | 22 (2.5%) | 2 (1.3%) | |
| Lymphoma | 15 (1.7%) | 2 (1.3%) | |
| Other inflammatory diseases | 10 (1.1%) | 5 (3.2%) |