Characteristics of the patients with active rheumatic diseases
| Female patients | Male patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Mean (range) | CS− | CS+ | CS− | CS+ | Diagnostic criteria (ref) | |
| CS+/− , treated or not by corticosteroids. | ||||||
| Osteoarthritis | 60 (39–91) | 28 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Fibromyalgia | 45 (19–65) | 31 | 22 | |||
| Acute crystal arthritis | 59 (22–86) | 16 | 12 | 23 | ||
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 36 (26–54) | 9 | 24 | |||
| Polymyalgia rheumatica | 70 (65–76) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| Psoriatic arthritis | 46 (19–79) | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 53 (18–76) | 31 | 64 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Cutaneo-articular lupus | 34 (15–57) | 7 | 22 | 28 | ||
| Renal lupus | 30 (15–54) | 5 | 16 | 2 | 28 | |
| Systemic sclerosis | 58 (37–83) | 16 | 8 | 3 | 29 | |
| Vasculitides | 51 (22–84) | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30–33 |