The Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Chile: A Nationwide Study Performed as Part of the National Health Survey.
Josefina DuránLoreto MassardoCarolina LlanosSergio IacobelliPaula I BurgosMarcela CisternasMirentxu IruretagoyenaMacarena ArmstrongRaquel Aguilera-InsunzaFrancisco RadrigánMaría Eugenia MartinezAlvaro Passi-SolarPablo RiedemannNatalia CrisóstomoCamila CifuentesLucero HagedornAlvaro CisternasNancy VasquezPaula Margozzininull nullPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2019)
According to this national population-based study, RA prevalence in Chile is 0.6% (0.3-1.2), a value similar to what has been found in developed countries and slightly lower than some Latin American countries. Self-reporting leads to overestimating RA.