Table 2

Summary of main clinical features in our series and in published reports of pediatric Takayasu arteritis.


Gender F/M
Hypertension
Elevated inflammatory parameters
Claudication
Renal artery involvement
Abdominal aortic involvement
Thoracic aortic involvement

Present series
2/2
50%
100%
25%
25%
25%
25%
Ozen et al. [8]
7/7
86%
100%
NA
NA
57.1%
28.5%
Hong et al. [5]
57/13
93%
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Hahn et al. [6]
13/18
84%
74%
13%
71%
42%
16%
Jain et al. [7]
4/20
83%
42%
NA
75%
71%
21%

NA, data not available.

Al abrawi et al. Pediatric Rheumatology 2008 6:17   doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-17