TABLE 1.

Baseline Demographics of Study Population

Demographic	Giant cell arteritis	Takayasu arteritis	Total
Patients	52	43	95
PET/CT studies per patient
1 study	22	19	41
2 studies	11	14	25
≥3 studies	19	10	29
Age (y)	69.2 ± 8.9	34.3 ± 10.3	55.9 ± 19.4
Female	41 (78.8%)	33 (76.7%)	74 (77.9%)
BMI	27.3 ± 5.5	25.9 ± 6.7	26.8 ± 6.0
CRP	6.8 ± 14.1	10.7 ± 21.7	8.3 ± 17.4
ESR	17.3 ± 19.1	19.4 ± 16.6	18.1 ± 18.2
Daily prednisone (mg)	9.0 ± 13.9	7.2 ± 11.3	8.33 ± 12.9
Disease duration (y)	2.98 ± 2.41	10.9 ± 10.7	6.06 ± 7.94

BMI = body mass index; CRP = C-reactive protein; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Qualitative data are number; continuous data are mean ± SD.