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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*The incidence of acromegaly is approximately 0. | *The incidence of acromegaly is approximately 0.2 - 1.1 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.<ref name="pmid3369313">{{cite journal| author=Bengtsson BA, Edén S, Ernest I, Odén A, Sjögren B| title=Epidemiology and long-term survival in acromegaly. A study of 166 cases diagnosed between 1955 and 1984. | journal=Acta Med Scand | year= 1988 | volume= 223 | issue= 4 | pages= 327-35 | pmid=3369313 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3369313 }}</ref><ref name="pmid27743174">{{cite journal| author=Lavrentaki A, Paluzzi A, Wass JA, Karavitaki N| title=Epidemiology of acromegaly: review of population studies. | journal=Pituitary | year= 2017 | volume= 20 | issue= 1 | pages= 4-9 | pmid=27743174 | doi=10.1007/s11102-016-0754-x | pmc=5334410 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27743174 }}</ref> | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*The prevalence of acromegaly is approximately | *The prevalence of acromegaly is approximately 2.8 - 13.7 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.<ref name="pmid33693132">{{cite journal| author=Bengtsson BA, Edén S, Ernest I, Odén A, Sjögren B| title=Epidemiology and long-term survival in acromegaly. A study of 166 cases diagnosed between 1955 and 1984. | journal=Acta Med Scand | year= 1988 | volume= 223 | issue= 4 | pages= 327-35 | pmid=3369313 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3369313 }}</ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
*The incidence of acromegaly increases with age; the mean age at diagnosis of acromegaly is 40 years in males. | *The incidence of acromegaly increases with age; the mean age at diagnosis of acromegaly is 40 years in males. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Prevalence
- The prevalence of acromegaly is approximately 2.8 - 13.7 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[3]
Age
- The incidence of acromegaly increases with age; the mean age at diagnosis of acromegaly is 40 years in males.
- The mean age at diagnosis of acromegaly is 45 years in females.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to acromegaly.
Gender
- Acromegaly affects men and women equally.[4]
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
References
- ↑ Bengtsson BA, Edén S, Ernest I, Odén A, Sjögren B (1988). "Epidemiology and long-term survival in acromegaly. A study of 166 cases diagnosed between 1955 and 1984". Acta Med Scand. 223 (4): 327–35. PMID 3369313.
- ↑ Lavrentaki A, Paluzzi A, Wass JA, Karavitaki N (2017). "Epidemiology of acromegaly: review of population studies". Pituitary. 20 (1): 4–9. doi:10.1007/s11102-016-0754-x. PMC 5334410. PMID 27743174.
- ↑ Bengtsson BA, Edén S, Ernest I, Odén A, Sjögren B (1988). "Epidemiology and long-term survival in acromegaly. A study of 166 cases diagnosed between 1955 and 1984". Acta Med Scand. 223 (4): 327–35. PMID 3369313.
- ↑ Ezzat S, Forster MJ, Berchtold P, Redelmeier DA, Boerlin V, Harris AG (1994). "Acromegaly. Clinical and biochemical features in 500 patients". Medicine (Baltimore). 73 (5): 233–40. PMID 7934807.