Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 55 patients with sarcoid arthritis and 524 patients with other arthritides

Sarcoid arthritis (n=55)Other arthritides (n=524)
*p=0.0037.
Median age (range)32 (21–50) 51 (8–90)
No (%) women27 (49)283 (54)
Median symptom duration at first visit in days (range)21 (1–61) 89 (0–730)
No (%) of patients with disease  onset in the months March–July37 (67)*237 (45.2)*