From: Arterial dissection in childhood Takayasu Arteritis: not as rare as thought
cTA with dissection (N = 3) | cTA without dissection (N = 24) | P-value | |
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Age at diagnosis in years, mean (SD) | 12.4 (2.2) | 11.5 (3.7) | 0.37 |
Female (%) | 3 (100) | 17 (71) | 0.55 |
Tuberculosis (%) | 1 (33) | 2 (8) | 0.29 |
Arterial hypertension (%) | 2 (66) | 13 (54) | 1 |
Constitutional symptoms (%) | 3 (100) | 14 (58) | 0.27 |
PVAS, median (IQR) | 21 (8–25) | 10 (6–35) | 0.26 |
ESR in mm/h, median (IQR) | 32 (31–40) | 35 (1–109) | 0.89 |
Albumin in g/L, mean (SD) | 32.3 (6.4) | 41.1 (6.6) | 0.05 |
Hemoglobin in g/L, mean (SD) | 113.7 (31.0) | 112.8 (18.4) | 0.95 |
WBC in x109, mean (SD) | 13.7 (8.6) | 9.3 (3.0) | 0.07 |
Neutrophils in x109, mean (SD) | 15.7 (4.8) | 5.8 (2.3) | <0.0001 |
Platelets in x109, mean (SD) | 349 (183) | 401 (155) | 0.60 |
Imaging at diagnosis (%) | |||
MRI/A | 3 (100) | 5 (21) | 0.02 |
Conventional angiography | 0 | 6 (25) | 1 |
Combined (MRI/A, CTA, angiography) | 0 | 13 (54) | 0.22 |