Relative survival (± SE) of patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA) in South Australia, compared to the general population, 1992–2006 (n = 225). All data are percentages.
| Year from Biopsy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| GCA | 99.3 ± 3.1 | 99.8 ± 4.4 | 98.7 ± 5.8 | 100.5 ± 6.8 | 100.4 ± 8.1 | 98.7 ± 9.6 | 100.5 ± 10.8 | 100.3 ± 12.4 | 103.8 ± 13.8 | 104.2 ± 15.8 |