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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence and Incidence=== | |||
*The prevalence and incidence of busrsitis varies according to the location, which may be influenced by the patient’s age and gender. | |||
===Age=== | |||
*Prepatellar bursitis can affect all age groups. | |||
Olecranon bursitis affects middle-aged people (between the ages of 30 and 60 years). | |||
===Gender=== | |||
Male are more commonly affected with prepatellar bursitis than women. | |||
Olecranon bursitis occurs equally in males and females. | |||
===Race=== | |||
There is no racial predilection to the bursitis. | |||
===Developed Countries=== | |||
===Developing Countries=== | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence and Incidence
- The prevalence and incidence of busrsitis varies according to the location, which may be influenced by the patient’s age and gender.
Age
- Prepatellar bursitis can affect all age groups.
Olecranon bursitis affects middle-aged people (between the ages of 30 and 60 years).
Gender
Male are more commonly affected with prepatellar bursitis than women. Olecranon bursitis occurs equally in males and females.
Race
There is no racial predilection to the bursitis.