{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Homayounfar G"],"funding":["National Eye Institute","NEI NIH HHS","Doris Duke Charitable Foundation"],"pagination":["752-8"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3852161"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["156(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>To ascertain the incidence of scleritis and episcleritis in a Hawaiian population and describe variations by age, sex, and race.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective, population-based cohort study.<h4>Methods</h4>All electronic medical records for enrollees in Kaiser Permanente Hawaii (n = 217,061) from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007 were searched for International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (ICD-9) codes associated with ocular inflammation. Chart review was conducted to verify a clinical diagnosis of scleritis or episcleritis. Confirmed cases were used to calculate incidence rates per 100,000 person-years. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for each incidence rate, including age-, sex-, and race-specific rates, using bias-corrected Pois"],"journal":["American journal of ophthalmology"],"pubmed_title":["Incidence of scleritis and episcleritis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study."],"pmcid":["PMC3852161"],"funding_grant_id":["U10 EY021125-01","EY06190","U10 EY021125","K23EY017897","K23 EY017897"],"pubmed_authors":["Porco TC","Parker JV","Vinoya AC","Acharya NR","Uchida A","Borkar DS","Nardone N","Tham VM","Homayounfar G","Enanoria WT"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Incidence of scleritis and episcleritis: results from the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Study.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>To ascertain the incidence of scleritis and episcleritis in a Hawaiian population and describe variations by age, sex, and race.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective, population-based cohort study.<h4>Methods</h4>All electronic medical records for enrollees in Kaiser Permanente Hawaii (n = 217,061) from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007 were searched for International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition (ICD-9) codes associated with ocular inflammation. Chart review was conducted to verify a clinical diagnosis of scleritis or episcleritis. Confirmed cases were used to calculate incidence rates per 100,000 person-years. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for each incidence rate, including age-, sex-, and race-specific rates, using bias-corrected Pois","dates":{"release":"2013-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2013 Oct","modification":"2025-04-26T09:55:18.887Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:09:49Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3852161","cross_references":{"pubmed":["23891336"],"doi":["10.1016/j.ajo.2013.05.026"]}}