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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: M. Hassan, M.B.B.S

Epidemiology and demographics

Between 1960 to 2006, hundred cases of systemic capillary leak syndrome were reported in the world literature.
Capillary leak syndrome has been described in children, however, it is sporadic and is diagnosed most often in previously healthy, middle-aged, Caucasian adults (median age ± S.D.: 45 ± 15 yrs; age range 5 months to 74 years).
Based of 107 cases of capillary leak syndrome where information was available, 57% of the individuals were male.