Epidemiology and treatment of Behcet's disease in the USA: insights from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry with a comparison with other published cohorts from endemic regions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behçet's disease (BD), a chronic systemic vasculitis, has distinct geographical and ethnic variation. Data regarding the epidemiology of patients with BD in the U.S. are limited; therefore, we sought to describe BD patient characteristics and medication use in the U.S., and compared them with data from patients from endemic regions.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the RISE registry (2014-2018). Patients aged ≥ 18 years with BD were included. Sociodemographic and treatment information was extracted. We compared patients from the RISE registry to data from other published studies of patients with BD from endemic areas.

Results

One thousand three hundred twenty-three subjects with BD from the RISE registry were included. Mean age w

SUBMITTER: Hammam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8404295 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature