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Large-Vessel Vasculitis: Interobserver Agreement and Diagnostic Accuracy of 18F-FDG-PET/CT

Table 2

Patient characteristics, total and ordered by group.

Total ()Inflammation of unknown origin ()Temporal arteritis ()Polymyalgia rheumatica ()Control group ()

Age (years)*70 (12)73 (13)67 (10)73 (7)62 (13)
Sex (female)65%58%100%57%50%
ESR (mm/h)*70 (32)79 (27)64 (42)58 (30)Unknown
BMI (kg/m2)*23,4 (7,3)23,7 (8,6)23,3 (4,6)21,6 (9,9)25 (1,7)

Mean (standard deviation), percentage.