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Table 2 JIA category and percent meeting wait time benchmarks

From: Patient factors associated with waiting time to pediatric rheumatologist consultation for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

JIA Category

N (% of total cohort)

Median WT d (IQR)

N (% meeting WT benchmark)

Enthesitis-related JIA

20 (12.2)

41.5 (13, 121)

9/20 (45%)

Oligoarticular JIA

75 (45.7)

19.0 (9.0, 40)

52/75 (69.3%)

Psoriatic JIA

8 (4.9)

40.5 (11.5, 55.0)

3/8 (37.5%)

RF negative JIA

48 (29.3)

23.0 (13.0, 39.5)

28/48 (58.3%)

RF positive JIA

7 (4.3)

6 (2.0, 91.0)

5/7 (71.4%)

Systemic JIA

6 (3.7)

1.5 (0.0, 29.0)

4/6 (66.7%)

  1. Benchmarks for Systemic JIA are 7 days and for all other JIA categories are 4 weeks (28 days)
  2. d Days, IQR Interquartile range, JIA Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, RF Rheumatoid factor