Whole-Country and Regional Incidences of Giant Cell Arteritis in French Continental and Overseas Territories: A 7-Year Nationwide Database Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The incidence rate of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is poorly studied in France. Therefore, we conducted a national hospital database study to assess the overall and regional incidence rates of GCA in France, including overseas territories.

Methods

Through the national hospitalization database of all patients hospitalized in France, new incidental GCA was identified using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision medical codes (M31.5 = GCA; M31.6 = GCA and polymyalgia rheumatica [PMR]) during 2013-2019. The regional incidences were analyzed by graphical methods and Poisson regression.

Results

A total of 16,540 new GCA with or without PMR diagnoses were identified in all French hospitals over 7 years. The female/male ratio was 1.8. The crude annual

SUBMITTER: Guittet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469485 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature