Table 1.
Symptoms at first attack of TIN and uveitis
| Initial symptoms | Patients/population (%) |
P | Total, n/N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoR at 1 year n = 11, n (%) | InR at 1 year n =34, n (%) | |||
| General | ||||
| Weight loss kg, median (range) | 9 (82) | 23 (68) | 0.83 | 33/44 (75) 5 (2–17) |
| Fevera | 4 (36) | 18 (53) | 0.34 | 22/46 (48) |
| Abdominal pain | 4 (36) | 16 (47) | 0.73 | 20/46 (44) |
| Vomiting | 4 (36) | 12 (35) | 1 | 16/46 (35) |
| Polyuropolydipsic syndrome | 5 (45) | 11 (32) | 0.65 | 17/43 (40) |
| Headache | 5 (45) | 9 (26) | 0.28 | 14/46 (30) |
| Dyspnea on exertion | 3 (27) | 7 (21) | 0.61 | 11/43 (26) |
| Arthralgia/myalgia | 4 (36) | 5 (15) | 0.19 | 9/46 (20) |
| Absence of general symptoms | MD | MD | MD | 4/46 (9) |
| Eye | ||||
| Uveal symptoms | ||||
| Asymptomatic | 3 (27) | 10 (29) | 0.49 | 12/46 (26) |
| Red eye | 7 (64) | 22 (65) | 0.36 | 30/42 (71) |
| Painful eye | 6 (55) | 22 (65) | 0.49 | 29/42 (69) |
| Reduced visual acuity | 2 (18) | 8 (24) | 1 | 11/38 (29) |
| Photophobia | 2 (18) | 4 (12) | 0.41 | 7/39 (18) |
| Ophthalmologic examination | ||||
| Anterior uveitis | 11 (100) | 34 (100) | 1 | 46/46 (100) |
| Intermediate uveitis | 0 (0) | 5 (15) | 0.31 | 4/46 (9) |
| Posterior uveitis | 0 (0) | 4 (12) | 0.56 | 3/46 (7) |
| Panuveitis | 0 (0) | 3 (9) | 0.57 | 3/46 (7) |
| Unilateral uveitis | 2 (18) | 9 (26) | 0.70 | 11/46 (24) |
| Bilateral uveitis | 9 (82) | 25 (74) | 0.70 | 35/46 (76) |
| Granulomatous uveitis | 2 (18) | 4 (12) | 0.62 | 6/40 (2) |
| Complication at diagnosisb | 1 (9) | 8 (24) | 0.65 | 9/35 (26) |
CoR, complete recovery, InR, incomplete recovery; MD, missing data; TIN, tubulointerstitial nephritis.
a
Fever defined as body temperature >38 °C.
b
Iris synechiae or cystoid macular edema.