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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Overview
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) affects mostly subjects who are more than 50 years of age.[1] The prevalence of PMR is highest among subjects from Scandanavian countries and those from northern European origin.[2]
Epidemiology and Demographics
- PMR affects more than 700,000 subjects in the United States.[3]
- There is a geographical association with the prevalence of PMR; in fact, PMR occurs more among subjects from Scandanavian countries and those from northern European origin.[4][2]
- PMR mostly affects people who are older than 50 years of age.[1]
- The mean age for the occurrence of PMR is 74 years.[1]
- PMR is twice as common in females than in males.
- There is an association between PMR and giant cell arteritis. While 40 to 60% of patients with giant cell arteritis have PMR, 16 to 21% of patients with PMR develop giant cell arteritis.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doran MF, Crowson CS, O'Fallon WM, Hunder GG, Gabriel SE (2002). "Trends in the incidence of polymyalgia rheumatica over a 30 year period in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA". J Rheumatol. 29 (8): 1694–7. PMID 12180732.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pamuk ON, Dönmez S, Karahan B, Pamuk GE, Cakir N (2009). "Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in northwestern Turkey: Clinical features and epidemiological data". Clin Exp Rheumatol. 27 (5): 830–3. PMID 19917168.
- ↑ Lawrence RC, Felson DT, Helmick CG, Arnold LM, Choi H, Deyo RA; et al. (2008). "Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States. Part II". Arthritis Rheum. 58 (1): 26–35. doi:10.1002/art.23176. PMC 3266664. PMID 18163497.
- ↑ Cimmino MA, Zaccaria A (2000). "Epidemiology of polymyalgia rheumatica". Clin Exp Rheumatol. 18 (4 Suppl 20): S9–11. PMID 10948749.
- ↑ Salvarani C, Cantini F, Hunder GG (2008). "Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis". Lancet. 372 (9634): 234–45. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61077-6. PMID 18640460.