TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence and Prevalence of Uveitis in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers of the Pacific Northwest
AU - Suhler, Eric B.
AU - Lloyd, Michael J.
AU - Choi, Dongseok
AU - Rosenbaum, James T.
AU - Austin, Donald F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, New York (unrestricted Grant to the Casey Eye Institute, Senior Scholar Award to Dr Rosenbaum); and the Rosenfeld Family Trust, Portland, Oregon (Dr Rosenbaum). The authors indicate no financial conflict of interest. Involved in design of study (E.B.S., M.J.L., J.T.R., D.F.A.); data analysis and interpretation (E.B.S., M.J.L., D.C., J.T.R., D.F.A.); writing and critical revision of the article (E.B.S., M.J.L., J.T.R., D.F.A.); statistical expertise (E.B.S., D.C., D.F.A.); and preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript (E.B.S., M.J.L., D.C., J.T.R., D.F.A.). This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Research and Development Committees of the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 IRB, which has jurisdiction over research studies performed on patients seen at the White City, Oregon, Roseburg, Oregon, Walla Walla, Washington, and Spokane, Washington, VA facilities. All IRBs waived the requirement for informed consent in this noninterventional chart review study.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Purpose: To ascertain the frequency of uveitis in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients in the Pacific Northwest and to compare disease rates with those in previously published epidemiologic studies. Design: Cross-sectional, population based-study. Methods: The medical records of 152,267 patients seen at six VA Medical Centers in Oregon and Washington during fiscal year 2004 were searched for uveitis-related Internation Classification of Diseases 9th edition codes. Cases were reviewed and classified anatomically, by associated systemic disease, and as incident or prevalent. Only definite cases were used for disease rate calculations. Results: This study found a crude incidence of 25.6 cases/100,000 person-years and a crude prevalence of 69 cases/100,000 persons. The most common anatomic location for uveitis was anterior. Approximately half of cases were idiopathic, with human leukocyte antigen-B27-related diseases being the most common identified cause. There was no statistical evidence of increased or decreased incidence with age, although uveitis seemed to be more prevalent in the younger age groups. Conclusions: Our data are consistent with those of most published population-based studies on the epidemiologic features of uveitis, but we detected significantly lower incidence and prevalence than those reported in a recently published study from Kaiser Permanente. The significance of and possible explanations for the differences between our data and that published by the Kaiser group are discussed.
AB - Purpose: To ascertain the frequency of uveitis in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients in the Pacific Northwest and to compare disease rates with those in previously published epidemiologic studies. Design: Cross-sectional, population based-study. Methods: The medical records of 152,267 patients seen at six VA Medical Centers in Oregon and Washington during fiscal year 2004 were searched for uveitis-related Internation Classification of Diseases 9th edition codes. Cases were reviewed and classified anatomically, by associated systemic disease, and as incident or prevalent. Only definite cases were used for disease rate calculations. Results: This study found a crude incidence of 25.6 cases/100,000 person-years and a crude prevalence of 69 cases/100,000 persons. The most common anatomic location for uveitis was anterior. Approximately half of cases were idiopathic, with human leukocyte antigen-B27-related diseases being the most common identified cause. There was no statistical evidence of increased or decreased incidence with age, although uveitis seemed to be more prevalent in the younger age groups. Conclusions: Our data are consistent with those of most published population-based studies on the epidemiologic features of uveitis, but we detected significantly lower incidence and prevalence than those reported in a recently published study from Kaiser Permanente. The significance of and possible explanations for the differences between our data and that published by the Kaiser group are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.09.014
DO - 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.09.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 19027424
AN - SCOPUS:56249135275
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 146
SP - 890-896.e8
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 6
ER -