Epidemiology and burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Southern European population: data from the community-based lupus registry of Crete, Greece
Epidemiology and burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Southern European population: data from the community-based lupus registry of Crete, Greece
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DOI:
10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211206
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
Bertsias, George K.
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作者:
Gergianaki, Irini;Fanouriakis, Antonis;Bertsias, George K.
Objectives Several population-based studies on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been reported, yet community-based, individual-case validated, comprehensive reports are missing. We studied the SLE epidemiology and burden on the island of Crete during 1999-2013.Methods Multisource case-finding included patients >= 15 years old. Cases were ascertained by the ACR 1997, SLICC 2012 criteria and rheumatologist diagnosis, and validated through synthesis of medical charts, administrative and patient-generated data.Results Overall age-adjusted/sex-adjusted incidence was 7.4 (95% CI 6.8 to 7.9) per 100 000 persons/year, with stabilising trends in women but increasing in men, and average (+/- SD) age of diagnosis at 43 (+/- 15) years. Adjusted and crude prevalence (December 2013) was 123.4 (113.9 to 132.9) and 143 (133 to 154)/10(5) (165/10(5) in urban vs 123/10(5) in rural regions, p