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Table 5 Factors correlated with disease activity (NIH score ≥ 2)

From: Takayasu arteritis: clinical importance of extra-vessel uptake on FDG PET/CT

Number of vascular involvement sites

P = 0.001

Number of extra-vascular involvement sites

P = 0.542

Extra-vascular involvement

 NIH score ≥ 2

P = 0.309

 NIH score ≥ 1

P = 0.008

CRP

P < 0.0001

ESR

P = 0.015

WBC

P = 0.424

  1. NIH National Institutes of Health, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, WBC white blood cell count
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