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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Sep 27;51(6):1193–1199. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.09.006

Table 2:

Diagnostic group and distribution of patients undergoing arterial imaging

Biopsy and Imaging Distribution; N (%) 2000-2009
(N=75)
2010-2019
(N=55)
Diagnostic Group One TAB(+) / Imaging (+) 3 (4) 6 (11)
TAB(+) / Imaging (−) 8 (10.7) 18 (32.7)
TAB (+) / Imaging N.D. 45 (60) 13 (23.6)
Diagnostic Group Two TAB(−) or N.D. / Imaging (+) 5 (6.7) 10 (18.2)
Diagnostic Group Three TAB(−) or N.D. / Imaging (−) 6 (8) 6 (10.9)
TAB (−) or N.D. / No imaging 8 (10.7) 2 (3.6)

N.D., not done; TAB, temporal artery biopsy