Table 1

Patient demographics

Inflammatory RMDsNon-inflammatory RMDsAll patients
Total number 4604 517 5121
Gender Female3152 (68)398 (77)3550 (70)
Male1410 (31)117 (23)1527 (30)
Other/unknown42 (1)2 (<1)44 (1)
Age (years)Mean (SD)60.5 (15.1)71.4 (12.5)61.6 (15.2)
Range (min to max)15 to 9622 to 9815 to 98
Age categories (years) <186 (<1)6 (<1)
18–40526 (11)11 (2)537 (10)
41–601640 (36)94 (18)1734 (34)
61+2432 (53)412 (80)2844 (56)
Country Belgium197 (4)3 (1)200 (4)
France1838 (40)232 (45)2070 (40)
Italy615 (13)194 (38)809 (16)
Latvia107 (2)19 (4)126 (2)
Monaco296 (6)36 (7)332 (6)
Portugal737 (16)737 (14)
Ireland76 (2)7 (1)83 (2)
Romania61 (1)4 (1)65 (1)
Slovak Republic204 (4)11 (2)215 (4)
Spain164 (4)5 (1)169 (3)
Turkey78 (2)1 (<1)79 (2)
UK72 (2)1 (<1)73 (1)
Other countries*159 (3)4 (1)163 (3)
  • All values are n (%) unless stated otherwise.

  • *Other countries classified as those who submitted <50 cases: Albania, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA.

  • RMDs, rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.