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Incidence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Southern part of Denmark from 1995 to 2001.

The open rheumatology journal ·Vol. 1 ·2007-00-00 ·Pages 18-23

Pedersen JK, Svendsen AJ, Hørslev-Petersen K

Abstract

We estimated the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in the southern part of Denmark from 1995 to 2001. At a rheumatology hospital serving a population of about 200 000 people over the age of 15, medical records were scrutinized. As case definition we used the tree and list format of 1987 American College of Rheumatology criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. The mean annual incidence rate per 100 000 person years was 40 in females, 21 in males, and 31 in females and males combined. The incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in Denmark is in accordance with recent studies from North America, the UK, and Northern European countries. The aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown but this study indicates that in these populations the exposure to non-genetic host and environmental aetiological factors is similar.

Keywords
Rheumatoid arthritis epidemiology incidence register
Authors & Affiliations
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Pedersen Jens K
Research Unit, King Christian X Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Denmark. [email protected]
Svendsen Anders J
Hørslev-Petersen Kim
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Article Info
Journal
The open rheumatology journal
Abbr.
Open Rheumatol J
ISSN
1874-3129
DOI
10.2174/1874312900701010018
Email
[email protected]
Published
2007-00-00
Epub
2007-00-27
Pages
18-23
Language
English
Region
United Arab Emirates
NLM ID
101480507
PMCID
PMC2581825
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.2174/1874312900701010018 PMC Full Text
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