TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of Takayasu Arteritis: A Population-based Study JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 952 LP - 952 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.201463 VL - 48 IS - 6 AU - Catalina Sanchez-Alvarez AU - Cynthia S. Crowson AU - Matthew J. Koster AU - Kenneth J. Warrington Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/48/6/952.abstract N2 - To the Editor:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare inflammatory condition of the large blood vessels that affects the aorta and its branches. Young females of Asian descent are typically the most affected by this disease; however, in the United States, most patients with TA are White1,2,3. Data regarding the epidemiology of TA is limited, with most studies of the incidence and prevalence of the disease coming from Japan, where TA is more prevalent.The described incidence rate of TA ranges from 0.3 to 3.3 per million per year and the prevalence ranges from 4.7 to 360 cases per million4. Only 2 studies have evaluated the epidemiology of TA in the US; one of them demonstrated an incidence rate of 2.6 cases per million per year in Olmsted County, Minnesota5, and the other study described a prevalence of 0.9 cases per million in New York, which is the … ER -