Original articleIncidence and Prevalence of Uveitis in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers of the Pacific Northwest
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Methods
Data ascertainment consisted of searches for two sets of statistics relating to the numerator and denominator of our disease estimates. The numerator is an exact count of the numbers of definite uveitis cases identified from among all potential subjects seen at the six network facilities listed. A computerized search strategy using Microsoft Access (Redmond, Washington, USA) was designed to query retrospectively the VISN 20 Computerized Health Information and Performance Set database for all
Results
Age demographics in each VISN facility and total gender demographics are shown in Table 1. Men were in the majority in all age groups and were 92% of our study population, although women comprised a larger portion of the younger population.
Our search strategy identified 509 patient records with a potential diagnosis of uveitis. After record review, 126 subjects were judged to have had definite uveitis, of which 105 showed prevalent disease. Of the 105 prevalent cases, 39 were newly diagnosed
Discussion
This study sought to ascertain the incidence and prevalence of uveitis in the VA population and to compare these disease rate and frequency estimates with those from the NCEU Study. The crude incidence rates we found were lower by approximately half that ascertained by the NCEU Study. Direct adjustment for age and gender between our study and the NCEU Study populations further amplified the difference in incident and prevalent disease found between the two studies. This increase was the result
Eric Suhler, MD, MPH, is Chief of Ophthalmology at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Oregon Health & Science University, where he completed his residency and an MPH degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr Suhler completed his fellowship training at the National Institute of Health. He attended medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
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Eric Suhler, MD, MPH, is Chief of Ophthalmology at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Oregon Health & Science University, where he completed his residency and an MPH degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr Suhler completed his fellowship training at the National Institute of Health. He attended medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
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