Table 5 Comparison of features of patients referred to first Rheumatology consultations in 2007/2008 (482 patients) and 2017/2018 (357 patients)
Porto Alegre (Capital) | Outside Counties | P Value* | P value of homogeneity test** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hometown | – | |||
2007/2008 – n (%) | 260 (53.9) | 222 (46.1) | – | |
2017/2018 – n (%) | 193 (54.1) | 164 (45.9) | – | |
Urgent cases | 0.016 | |||
2007/2008 – n (%) | 110/260 (42.3) | 98/219 (44.7)† | 0.591 | |
2017/2018 – n (%) | 29/193 (15.0) | 49/164 (29.9) | 0.001 | |
Systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases | < 0.001 | |||
2007/2008 – n (%) | 76/260 (29.2) | 73/222 (32.9) | 0.387 | |
2017/2018 – n (%) | 75/193 (38.9) | 111/164 (67.7) | < 0.001 | |