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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Haematol. 2020 Dec 28;106(3):380–388. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13563

Table 1:

Characteristics of patients included in the study

	Total (n=19,303)	No autoimmune disease (n=13,691)	Any autoimmune disease (n=5,612)	Autoantibody not detected^✣ (n=2,580)	Organ involvement ^✣(n=2,720)	Systemic involvement^✣ (n=1,271)
Female gender	9,322	6,450	2,872	1,320	1,297	814
Median age at diagnosis (range)	72	72 (30–101)	72 (30–99)	72 (30–97)	72 (30–97)	72 (30–93)
Age group at diagnosis
30–60 years	3,652	2,663	989	448	454	277
61–70 years	4,470	3,080	1,390	647	656	341
71–80 years	6,296	4,412	1,884	841	944	409
>81 years	4,885	3,536	1,349	644	666	244

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