The Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa Atlas Methodology: Combining Global Proportions in a Pooled Analysis.
Dorra BouazziRune K AndersenGabrielle R VindingCecilia E MedianfarSabrina M NielsenDitte M L SaunteNisha S ChandranHessel H van der ZeeChristos C ZouboulisFarida BenhadouBente VillumsenAfsaneh AlaviPerpetua U IbekweIltefat H HamzaviJohn R IngramHaley B NaikAmit GargJurr BoerRobin ChristensenGregor B E JemecPublished in: Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
The GHiSA Global Prevalence studies are currently running simultaneously in 58 countries across six continents (Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Asia). The goal of the combined global proportion is the generation of a single summary (i.e., proportional meta-analysis), which will be done after a logit transformation and synthesized using a random-effects model. The novel standardization of the Global Prevalence Studies conducted through GHiSA enables direct international comparisons, which were previously not possible due to substantial heterogeneity in past HS prevalence studies.