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Epidemiological Characteristics of Sarcoidosis Patients Hospitalized in the University Hospital for Lung Diseases »Jordanovac« (Zagreb, Croatia) in the 1997–2002 Period
Marija Alilović
Tatjana Peroš-Golubičić
Jasna Tekavec-Trkanjec
Silvana Smojver-Ježek
Rajka Liščić
Sažetak
The aim of our study was to explore the characteristics of hospitalized patients with sarcoidosis concerning age, gender,
clinical forms and staging, seasonality, geographical distribution, smoking habit and profession, familial clustering
and mortality. We included 476 biopsy-proven sarcoidosis patients who were diagnosed at the University Hospital for
Lung Diseases »Jordanovac« in the period from 1997–2002. Most of the patients (44%) were in the group of age between
20 and 40 years. The ratio of women to men was 1.4:1. The onset of the disease usually appeared in spring and summer,
especially in the patients presenting with erythema nodosum, with majority of patients hospitalized in the period from
May to August (51%). More patients came from urban, than from rural areas (1.5:1), and they were mostly nonsmokers
(3.3:1). In 2% of sarcoidosis patients we found familial clustering. Although these data are biased regarding the selection
of patients they give new insights into characteristics of sarcoidosis patients in Croatia.
Ključne riječi
sarcoidosis; epidemiology; erythema nodosum
Hrčak ID:
27524
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Datum izdavanja:
12.5.2006.
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