The changing incidence of rheumatoid arthritis over time in north-west Greece: data from a referral centre.
Venetsanopoulou I AlikiYannis AlamanosAnastasia SkalkouParaskevi Vasileios VoulgariAlexandros A DrososPublished in: Scandinavian journal of rheumatology (2022)
Our findings suggest a decrease in the incidence of RA over 40 years in a geographically defined Greek population. Also, the progressive decrease in the incidence of RF-positive disease may relate to less severe expression of RA in Greek patients. These trends could be explained by different clinical, serological, and genetic factors reported in Greece compared to northern European countries.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- disease activity
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- poor prognosis
- multiple sclerosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- primary care
- interstitial lung disease
- prognostic factors
- gene expression
- genome wide
- dna methylation
- big data
- patient reported outcomes
- early onset
- copy number
- deep learning
- artificial intelligence
- systemic sclerosis
- data analysis