Table 1

Characteristics of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and controls

Patient No	Sex	Age (years)	ESR (mm)	CRP (mg/dl)	Leucocytes (/nl)	Platelets (/nl)	Haemoglobin (g/dl)	Control diagnosis
CRP, C reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; F, female; M, male.
1	M	62	88	129	10.4	452	12.2
2	F	77	105	135	8.6	626	10.5
3	F	50	81	46	12.8	665	11.5
4	F	77	44	65	9.5	370	12.4
5	F	62	65	69	8.4	449	13.9
6	F	65	96	170	12	520	10
7	F	67	112	72	17.5	872	10.5
8	F	63	46	48	6.7	465	11.9
9	M	71	61	64	7	307	13.7
10	F	54	99	20	14.7	772	11.2
11	F	48	81	169	9.6	549	11.6
12	F	64	116	198	10.4	598	9.7
13	F	61	96	197	6.7	554	10.6

Patients with second PET
1			12	16	9.1	247	16
4			5	2	10.6	333	13.1
5			8	5	8.2	370	15.4
6			6	3	22.3	209	11.1
7			39	18	10.7	389	12.7
8			5	1	11	302	14.4
10			25	3	14.6	434	13.2
11			7	17	12.5	322	13.2

Controls
1	F	29	91	138	18.6	647	10.5	Adult Still’s disease
2	F	59	73	107	8.9	484	11.9	Abscess
3	M	35	39	57	7.9	272	13.1	Rheumatic fever
4	F	34	77	90	15.5	351	12	Behçet’s disease
5	M	64	98	121	14.4	146	10.9	Pneumonia
6	F	40	18	116	12	270	13.6	Adult Still’s disease