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Table 1 Study population and response

From: Exposure to animals and risk of oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a multicenter case-control study

 

Cases

Controls

Centers (n)

1

6

 

N

%

N

%

Contacted

885

100.0

1459

100.0

Not eligible

598

73.0

353

24.2

Of these:

    

   No address available

1

0.2

246

69.7

   Other diagnosis than Oligoarticular JIA1

345

57.7

0

0.0

   Malformation

3

0.5

36

10.2

   Died

0

0.0

1

0.3

   Born outside Germany

24

4.0

34

9.6

   Outside age range

225

37.6

0

0.0

   Others

0

0.0

34

9.6

Eligible study population

287

100.0

1106

100.0

Responders

254

88.5

950

85.9

Missing data

16

5.6

118

10.7

Included in data analyses

238

82.9

832

75.2

  1. 1 Systemic arthritis, polyarthritis, psoriasisarthritis, enthesitis associated arthritis, other arthritis