Review Article
The Role of Gender in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Uveitis
Table 1
Summary of some of the cohort and population based studies for the prevalence and/or incidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis.
| Study | Design | Population at risk | Prevalence | Incidence |
Country |
Beginning |
Study period | N of patients, (rate/100,000) | N of patients, (IR*) | Total | F | M | Total | F | M |
| Nordic Countries Cohort [4] | Prospective population-based | 1,407,315 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 315 (15) | 197 | 118 | Nordic countries | July 1, 1997 | 1.5 years | Alsace, France Cohort [5] | Retrospective epidemiologic study | 339,095 | (19.8) | N/A | N/A | 67 (3.2) | N/A | N/A | Northeastern France | January 1, 2001 | 1 year | Estonia Cohort [6] | Population-based study | 262,284 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 162 (21.7) | 86 (22.9) | 76 (19.3) | Northernmost of the Baltic States | January 1, 1998 | 3 years | CHU de Poitiers Cohort [7] | Survey among pediatricians | 305,198 | 48 (15.7) | 29 (N/A) | 17 (N/A) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Western France | 2006 | ā | Prague Cohort [8] | Population-based study | 31,703 | 43 (140) | 28 (29.3) | 15 (16.6) | 4 (13) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (2.2) | Czech Republic | March 1, 2012 | 1 year | Catalonia Cohort [9] | Prospective, population-based study | 2,119,382 | 432 (39.7) | 288 (N/A) | 144 (N/A) | 145 (6.9) | 93 (9.0) | 52 (4.8) | Northeast Spain | 2004 | 2 years | Norwegian Cohort [10] | Population-based multicenter study | 255,303 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36 (14) | 21 (17) | 15 (11) | Southeastern Norway | June 1, 2004 | 1 year |
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F: female; IR: incidence rate; M: male; N: number.
*Per 100,000 person/year.
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