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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The relation between C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A in patients with autoinflammatory diseases

Total number of patients (n)

99

Combined SAA and CRP measurements (n)

381

Number of visits with combined measurement per patient, median (minimum-maximum)

3 (1–13)

Visits while on specific medication, n (%)

Prednisone 28 (7.3%), Anakinra 59 (15.5%), Canakinumab 67 (17.6%), Tocilizumab 6 (1.6%), Colchicine 166 (43.6%), Humira 3 (0.8%), antibiotics 4 (1%)

Male sex, n (%)

56 (57%)

Age (years), median (interquartile range)

21 (11–38)

BMI (kg/m2), mean (±SD)

22.53 (±5.75)

Autoinflammatory diagnoses (n)

FMF (45), CAPS (9), sJIA (5), Schnitzler syndrome (4), TRAPS (3), hidradenitis suppurativa (3), adult onset still’s disease (AOSD) (3), Behcet disease (2), PFAPA (2), MKD (2), PAPA (1), DADA2 (1) and unclassified autoinflammatory diagnosis (19)

AA amyloidosis present, n (%)

Yes 11 (11.1%), No 88 (88.9%%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

Caucasian 45 (45.9%),

Arabic 33 (33.7%),

Armenian 13 (13.1%),

Asian 2 (2%), Afro-American 1 (1%), Russian 1 (1%), Georgian 1 (1%), unknown 3 (2%).

  1. Abbreviations: SAA Serum amyloid A, CRP C-reactive protein, BMI Body mass index, FMF Familial Mediterranean Fever, sJIA Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis, TRAPS Tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome, MKD Mevalonate kinase deficiency, PAPA Pyogenic arthritis pyoderma gangrenosum and acne, DADA2 Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2