Table 5 Potential predictors at time of diagnosis for inflammatory infiltrates recorded in pathology reports

Sex (female vs male)

1.93

0.91–4.06

0.09

Age (per year)

1.01

0.97–1.05

0.61

Time from glucocorticoid treatment to TAB (per day)

1.01

0.96–1.07

0.66

Current smoking vs non-current smoking^c

0.65

0.30–1.41

0.27

Ever smoking vs never smoking^c

0.62

0.22–1.75

0.37

ESR (per mm/h)

1.01

1.00–1.03

0.05

CRP (per mg/l)

1.01

1.00–1.02

0.01

  < 1 day^d

3.30

1.15–9.49

0.03

 1-3 days

1.00 (reference)

 4-6 days

1.90

0.74–4.62

0.19

 7-28 days

1.27

0.41–3.92

0.68

 Quartile 1 (20–61)

1.00 (reference)

 Quartile 2 (62–79)

0.51

0.19–1.36

0.18

 Quartile 3 (80–99)

1.14

0.43–3.01

0.80

 Quartile 4 (100–150)

3.13

0.90–10.90

0.07

 Quartile 1 (4–56)

1.00 (reference)

 Quartile 2 (57–98)

2.89

0.94–8.86

0.06

 Quartile 3 (99–142)

4.64

1.33–16.23

0.02

 Quartile 4 (143–478)

3.60

1.11–11.62

0.03