Table 1

Main clinical features in the two groups of patients, divided according to the final diagnosis

	PMR^1-150(n=65)	RA^1-150(n=19)	p Value
Male/female	20/45	7/12	NS^1-150
Mean age (years)	70.1	68.8	NS
Fever	23	4	NS
Weight loss	25	2	0.02
Morning stiffness >1 hour	47	15	NS
Proximal muscular atrophy	1	3	0.03
Headache	15	4	NS
Peripheral synovitis	17	15	0.0001^1-151

↵1-150 PMR = Polymyalgia rheumatica; RA = rheumatoid arthritis; NS = not significant.
↵1-151 p<0.002 after Bonferroni's correction.