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Table 1 Demographics of patients undergoing TAB at SA pathology between 2017–2022

From: Influence of socioeconomic status on access to temporal artery biopsy and rates of biopsy positivity in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis

 

All

TAB Negative

TAB positive

p-val

All Patients n (%)

626

471 (75)

155 (25)

 

Females n (%)

431 (69)

334 (71)

97 (63)

0.052

Age mean yrs (sd)

73 (± 10)

72 (± 10)

76 (± 8)

< 0.001

  1. TAB: temporal artery biopsy
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BMC Rheumatology

ISSN: 2520-1026

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