Table 4 Comparison between patients with and without IgG4-related periaortitis/periarteritis with exacerbation of luminal dilatation after therapy

Total

9

34

Median onset age of IgG4-RD (years)

67

69

0.26

0.83 (0.66–1.06)

0.13

Sex (male/female)

7/2

30/4

0.42

0.75 (0.0053–108)

0.91

Luminal dilatation before treatment (+/–)

6/3

2/32

< 0.0001

93.0 (3.7–2300)

0.0057

Allergy (+/–)

2/7

11/23

0.56

Smoking (+/–)

7/2

21/13

0.37

6.4 (0.061–660)

0.43

Hypertension (+/–)

5/4

15/19

0.54

6.3 (0.44–90)

0.18

Median IgG (mg/dl)

2451

2903

0.86

1.0004 (1.00–1.001)

0.48

Median IgG4 (mg/dl)

566

540

0.83

Median IgE (IU/ml)

288

178

0.34

Median WBC (/μl)

5060

6200

0.12

1.00 (0.999–1.0002)

0.15

Median RF (U/ml)

1

6

0.11

1.02 (0.99–1.04)

0.23

Median CIC (μg/ml)

10

5

0.55

Median sIL-2R (U/ml)

1072

1149

1.00