Incidence, sociodemographic and presenting clinical features of childhood non-infectious uveitis: findings from the UK national inception cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to provide, through the Uveitis in Childhood National Cohort Study, population-based evidence on incidence, distribution and disease characteristics for childhood onset non-infectious uveitis.

Methods

Eligible children and young people (<18 years) were those newly diagnosed with non-infectious uveitis between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2023. Cases were identified and recruited through passive surveillance across a multicentre network. Descriptive analysis of demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics at diagnosis is reported alongside incidence rates, relative rates by region and sociodemographic patterning.

Results

468 cases were identified, providing a minimal national disease incidence of 1.89/100 000 (95% CI 1.72 to 2.07). Among

SUBMITTER: Solebo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12320610 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature