Table 3

Number of patients in each diagnostic category

Primary vasculitis (n=97)
 Giant cell arteritis14
Takayasu arteritis 1
Polyarteritis nodosa 2
Kawasaki disease 0
Wegener's granulomatosis27
Churg-Strauss syndrome 2
Microscopic polyangiitis12
Henoch-Schönlein purpura 2
Essential cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis 0
Cutaneous leucocytoclastic angiitis37
Secondary vasculitis (n=21)
Rheumatoid arthritis 7
Systemic lupus erythematosus 5
Sjögrens syndrome 4
Waldenstroms macroglobulinaemia 1
Hepatitis C viraemia 4