Naslov
Some epidemiological features of rheumatoid arthritis in Croatia

Autori
Jajić, Ivo ; Jajić, Zrinka ; Jajić, Ines ; Vlak, Tonko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
First European conference on the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases - abstracts / Periodicum Biologorum, 92(Supp. 2) / Jajić, Ivo ; Ivanišević, Goran - Zagreb : Hrvatsko prirodoslovno društvo, 1990, 17-17

Skup
First European conference on the Epidemiology of Rheumatic Diseases

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Jugoslavija, 16.09.1990. - 19.09.1990

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
epidemiology ; rheumatoid arthritis

Sažetak
The examination includes a number of 171 pts. from all parts of Croatia. Among them were 37 males (21.6%) and 134 females (78.4%). Ratio of women to men was 3.6:1. Patients were of various professions: manual workers (38.6%), administrators (32.3%), housewives (22.2%) and pensioners (6.4%). Primary education was finished by 52.6%, secundary 32.7% and College by 14.6% pts. The average age of all examiners was 39.8 when a disease started, varying in age from 5 to 67 years (yrs). The male pts. were of elder age (43.2 years) than women (38.9 years). The disease started the most frequently in the autumn, rarely in the spring-time, the rarest in the summer and winter. A menarche usually appeared in 134 women in the age of 14 yrs, and the menopause became evidented in 65 pts (49%) about the 48 yrs of age. The disease started in the greatest number of women varying +/- 5 yrs from the menopause beginning. The disease started in the same way for both - males and females. Positive family history for RA has been found in 21% of women and in 24% of men. The difference in number of joints affected among the sexes was slight. Subcutaneous nodules were discovered in 18.1% of pts, more frequent in men (24%) than in women (16.4%). A correlation of RA duration in women and of appearance of rheumatoid nodules was evidented. Relapses of disease becomes more frequent in the spring and autumn.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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