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.

StudyDesignPopulation at riskPrevalence Incidence Country Beginning Study period
N of patients, (rate/100,000)N of patients, (IR*)
TotalFMTotalFM

Nordic Countries
Cohort [4]
Prospective
population-based
1,407,315N/AN/AN/A315 (15)197118Nordic countriesJuly 1, 19971.5 years
Alsace, France
Cohort [5]
Retrospective epidemiologic study339,095(19.8)N/AN/A67 (3.2)N/AN/ANortheastern FranceJanuary 1, 20011 year
Estonia
Cohort [6]
Population-based
study
262,284N/AN/AN/A162 (21.7)86 (22.9)76 (19.3)Northernmost of the Baltic StatesJanuary 1, 19983 years
CHU de Poitiers
Cohort [7]
Survey among pediatricians305,19848 (15.7)29 (N/A)17 (N/A)N/AN/AN/AWestern France2006ā€‰
Prague
Cohort [8]
Population-based
study
31,70343 (140)28 (29.3)15 (16.6)4 (13)2 (2.1)2 (2.2)Czech RepublicMarch 1, 20121 year
Catalonia
Cohort [9]
Prospective, population-based study2,119,382432 (39.7)288 (N/A)144 (N/A)145 (6.9)93 (9.0)52 (4.8)Northeast Spain20042 years
Norwegian
Cohort [10]
Population-based
multicenter study
255,303N/AN/AN/A36 (14)21 (17)15 (11)Southeastern NorwayJune 1, 20041 year

F: female; IR: incidence rate; M: male; N: number.
*Per 100,000 person/year.