Epidemiology of aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and neuromyelitis optica spectrum.
Epidemiology of aquaporin-4 autoimmunity and neuromyelitis optica spectrum.
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DOI:
10.1002/ana.24617
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发表时间:
2016-05
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Pittock SJ
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作者:
Flanagan EP;Cabre P;Weinshenker BG;Sauver JS;Jacobson DJ;Majed M;Lennon VA;Lucchinetti CF;McKeon A;Matiello M;Kale N;Wingerchuk DM;Mandrekar J;Sagen JA;Fryer JP;Robinson AB;Pittock SJ
Neuromyelitis optica and its spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDD) with a specific biomarker, aquaporin-4-IgG. Prior NMO/NMOSD epidemiological studies are limited by lack of aquaporin-4-IgG seroprevalence assessment, absence of population-based USA studies and under-representation of blacks. To overcome these limitations, we sought to compare NMO/NMOSD seroepidemiology across two ethnically divergent populations. We performed a population-based comparative study of the incidence (2003–2011) and prevalence (on December 31, 2011) of NMO/NMOSD and aquaporin-4-IgG seroincidence and seroprevalence (sera collected in 80–84% of IDD) among patients with IDD diagnosis in Olmsted County, USA (82% white [Caucasian]) and Martinique (90% black [Afro-Caribbean]). Aquaporin-4-IgG was measured by M1-isoform-fluorescent-activated-cell-sorting assays. The age and sex adjusted incidence (7.3 vs 0.7/1,000,000 person-years [p<0.01]) and prevalence (10 vs 3.9/100,000[p=0.01]) in Martinique exceeded that in Olmsted County. The AQP4-IgG age and sex-adjusted seroincidence (6.5 vs 0.7/1,000,000 person-years [p<0.01]) and seroprevalence (7.9 vs 3.3/100,000[p=0.04]) were also higher in Martinique than Olmsted County. The ethnicity-specific prevalence was similar in Martinique and Olmsted County: 11.5 and 13/100,000 in blacks, and 6.1 and 4.0/100,000 in whites, respectively. NMO/NMOSD represented a higher proportion of IDD in Martinique than Olmsted County (16% vs 1.4%; p<0.01). The onset age (median, 35–37 years) and female:male distribution (8–9:1) were similar across both populations; 60% of prevalent cases were either blind in one eye, dependent on a gait aid or both. This study reports the highest prevalence of NMO/NMOSD in any population (10/100,000 in Martinique), estimates it affects 16,000–17,000 in the USA (higher than previous predictions) and demonstrates it disproportionately affects blacks.