From: Incidence of giant cell arteritis in Western Norway 1972–2012: a retrospective cohort study
Location (reference) | Time period | Inclusion criteria | Number of subjects (N) | Annual incidencea | ||
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Biopsy-proven only | All casesb | Biopsy-proven only | All casesb | |||
Norway (PS) | 1972–2012 | ACR 1990 criteria | 528 | 792 | 11.2 | 16.7 |
Norway [11] | 1992–1996 | Clinical diagnosis | 47 | 53 | 29.1 | 32.8 |
Norway [13] | 1987–1994 | Biopsy-proven only | 66 | NR | 29.0 | NR |
Sweden [29] | 1997–2010 | Biopsy-proven only | 840 | NR | 14.1 | NR |
Sweden [36] | 1976–1995 | Biopsy-proven only | 665 | NR | 22.2 | NR |
Sweden [47] | 1973–1975 | Clinical diagnosis | 74 | 126 | 16.8 | 28.6 |
Finland [46] | 1969–1989 | Biopsy-proven only | 66 | NR | 7.2 | NR |
Denmark [38] | 1982–1994 | Clinical diagnosis | NR | NR | 15.1 | 20.4 |
Iceland [7] | 1984–1990 | Clinical diagnosis | 125 | 133 | 25.4 | 27.0 |
Minnesota, USA [9] | 2000–2009 | ACR 1990 criteria + radiologic criteriac | 56 | 74 | NR | 19.8 |
New Zealand [6] | 1996–2005 | Biopsy-proven only | 70 | NR | 12.7 | NR |
Israel [39] | 1990–2009 | ACR 1990 criteria | NR | 140 | NR | 8.1 |
Italy [14] | 1986–2012 | Biopsy-proven only | 285 | NR | 5.8 | NR |
Spain [40] | 1981–2005 | Biopsy-proven only | 255 | NR | 10.1 | NR |
Turkey [41] | 2002–2008 | Clinical diagnosis | 13 | 19 | NR | 1.1 |