Research Article

Antiangiogenic VEGF Isoform in Inflammatory Myopathies

Table 1

Demographic data.

PMDMIBMControls

No. of subjects6876
Gender: M, F1, 53, 56, 14, 3
Biopsy siteVastus
lateralis: 4
Deltoid: 2
Vastus
lateralis: 6
Deltoid: 2
Vastus
lateralis: 6
Brachial biceps: 1
Vastus
lateralis: 7
Age at biopsy, years (range)61.33 ± 7.87
(53–63)
58.25 ± 12.07
(42–72)
72.43 ± 7.91
(61–85)
45.42 ± 23.22
(18–73)
Symptoms before biopsy, months12.5 ± 5.614.6 ± 940 ± 11.8
Immunotherapy before biopsy (1–4 months) prednisolone: 5–10 mg/day3/64/87/7