Table 1: Patient characteristics.

n=1,338
Sex
 female 758 (56.7%)
 male 580 (43.3%)
Age [years] 60.98
Rheumatologic diagnosis
 Axial spondyloarthritis 58 (4.3%)
 Other inflammatory disorders 187 (14.0%)
 Connective tissue disease 65 (4.9%)
 Peripheral spondyloarthritis 226 (16.9%)
 Rheumatoid Arthritis 766 (57.2%)
 Vasculitis 36 (2.7%)
HBV serostatus
 HBsAg [-], HBsAb [-], HBcAb [-] 1,154 (86.2%)
 HBsAg [-], HBsAb [+], HBcAb [+] 58 (4.3%)
 HBsAg [-], HBsAb [-], HBcAb [+] 18 (1.3%)
 HBsAg [-], HBsAb [+], HBcAb [-] 105 (7.8%)
 HBsAg [+] 3 (0.2%)