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Epidemiology and Demographics

Linitis plastica is usually first diagnosed before 40 years of age, sometimes even earlier.^[1]

Females are slightly more affected with linitis plastica than males.^[1]

Linitis plastica usually affects individuals of the Asian race, particularly the Japanese.^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.
↑ Linitis plastica. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linitis_plastica Accessed on December 7, 2015.