Table 1

Distribution of patients with rheumatic diseases according to diagnostic categories

Number of patients
Diagnostic categoriesInactiveActive (before treatment)Active (after treatment)
Systemic lupus erythematosus333
Rheumatoid arthritis533
Polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis422
Other autoimmune diseases444
    Progressive systemic sclerosis1
    Discoid lupus erythematosus1
    Mixed connective tissue disease11
    Sjögren’s syndrome22
    RS3PE syndrome1
    Behçet’s disease11
    Cogan’s syndrome1