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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*The prevalence of Arnold Chiari malformation is unknown since most of the cases are accidentally found | *The prevalence of Arnold Chiari malformation is unknown since most of the cases are accidentally found | ||
*It is believed that approximate prevalence is 0.1 to 0.5 percent worldwide.<ref name="pmid17009628">{{cite journal |vauthors=Juang CM, Yen MS, Horng HC, Twu NF, Yu HC, Hsu WL |title=Potential role of preoperative serum CA125 for the differential diagnosis between uterine leiomyoma and uterine leiomyosarcoma |journal=Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=370–4 |date=2006 |pmid=17009628 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
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* | *The mortality rate of Arnold Chiari malformation depends on the subtype. | ||
*Type 3 | |||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence of Arnold Chiari malformation is unknown since most of the cases are accidentally found
- It is believed that approximate prevalence is 0.1 to 0.5 percent worldwide.[1]
Mortality rate
- The mortality rate of Arnold Chiari malformation depends on the subtype.
- Type 3
Age
- Arnold Chiari malformation commonly affects adolescence and adulthood, but also has been seen in younger children.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to Arnold Chiari malformation.
- Arnold Chiari malformation usually presents with back pain in whites and lower extremity weakness in African-Americans.
Gender
- [Disease name] affects men and women equally.
- [Gender 1] are more commonly affected by [disease name] than [gender 2]. The [gender 1] to [gender 2] ratio is approximately [number > 1] to 1.