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The Incidence of Optic Neuritis in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Lovro Bojić
Milan Ivanišević
Alen Siničić
Mladen Lešin
Veljko Rogošić
Zdravko Mandić
Branimir Cerovski
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of monosymptomatic optic neuritis (MON) in residents of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The 127 cases (83 female, aged 26.2+/-9.9 and 44 male aged 26.9 +/-11.2) with MON presented between January 1985 and December 2001 were analyzed from hospital data. The annual incidence was 1.6 per 100,000 (95% CI, 0–3). The incidence among females was 2.2 (95% CI, 0–4.6) cases / 100,000 per year and 1.1 (95% CI, 0–3) among males. The difference in incidence rates for women vs. men was not significant (x2=0.41; p=0.52), although it is more likely that a true difference exists. The peak incidence in both sexes observed in the group 20–29 years of age was 4.2 (95% CI, 0–10). The highest incidence of MON was found in spring (46 cases). In summary, the incidence of MON in Split-Dalmatia County during the 17 years period is relatively low.
Ključne riječi
optic neuritis; incidence; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
4915
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2004.
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