Research Article

Prevalence of IgG4-Related Disease in Japan Based on Nationwide Survey in 2009

Table 1

Stratification and selection of hospitals and survey results.

StratificationHospitals nominatedDepartment nominatedDepartments replyingReply rate (%)

University hospital492455823.7
Particular hospitala552759634.9
≥500 beds723609927.5
400–499 beds331653823.0
300–399 beds271353323.0
200–299 beds12601016.7
100–199 beds1500
≤99 beds1500

Total250125030126.6

aHospitals considered to have collected AIP cases for research purposes.