Lag Times between disease onset and rheumatological care
| Lag times (weeks) | Men (n = 17) | Women (n = 27) | Men and women (n = 44) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |
| *Difference men/women, p = 0.039 (Mann-Whitney test); †difference physician’s delay/hospital’s delay, p⩽0.05. | ||||||
| Patient’s delay | 4 | (1–28) | 4 | (1–25) | 4 | (1–28) |
| Physician’s delay | 3* | (0–24) | 10* | (0–34) | 8*† | (0–34) |
| Hospital’s delay | 5 | (0–16) | 4 | (0–24) | 4† | (0–24) |
| Total lag time | 16 | (4–46) | 18 | (6–50) | 16 | (4–50) |