Epidemiology of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy in South Korea: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We performed a population-based study to determine the prevalence and incidence of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in South Korea using data from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database.

Methods

Data recorded in the HIRA database between January 2016 and December 2020 were analyzed. The inclusion criteria in this study for patients with CIDP were a diagnostic code of G61.8 in the seventh and eighth revision of the Korean Standard Classification of Disease and a >3-month history of oral immunosuppressant use. The age-adjusted incidence rate and prevalence of CIDP in South Korea were also analyzed.

Results

CIDP was newly diagnosed in 953 patients during the study period. The mean age at di

SUBMITTER: Jung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10622719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature