Incidence and clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis in Spain: results of the ARTESER register


Por: Fernández-Lozano, D, Hernández-Rodríguez, I, Narvaez, J, Domínguez-Alvaro, M, De Miguel, E, Silva-Díaz, M, Belzunegui, JM, Morales, CM, Sánchez, J, Galíndez-Agirregoikoa, E, Aldaroso, V, Abasolo, L, Loricera, J, Garrido-Puñal, N, Alvarado, PM, Larena, C, Navarro, VA, Calvet, J, Casafont-Solé, I, Ortiz-Sanjuán, F, Monte, TCS, Castañeda, S, Blanco, R

Publicada: 1 mar 2024
Resumen:
Objective This study aimed to estimate the incidence of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in Spain and to analyse its clinical manifestations, and distribution by age group, sex, geographical area and season.Methods We included all patients diagnosed with GCA between 1 June 2013 and 29 March 2019 at 26 hospitals of the National Health System. They had to be aged >= 50 years and have at least one positive results in an objective diagnostic test (biopsy or imaging techniques), meet 3/5 of the 1990 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria or have a clinical diagnosis based on the expert opinion of the physician in charge. We calculated incidence rate using Poisson regression and assessed the influence of age, sex, geographical area and season.Results We identified 1675 cases of GCA with a mean age at diagnosis of 76.9 +/- 8.3 years. The annual incidence was estimated at 7.42 (95% CI 6.57 to 8.27) cases of GCA per 100 000 people >= 50 years with a peak for patients aged 80-84 years (23.06 (95% CI 20.89 to 25.4)). The incidence was greater in women (10.06 (95% CI 8.7 to 11.5)) than in men (4.83 (95% CI 3.8 to 5.9)). No significant differences were found between geographical distribution and incidence throughout the year (p=0.125). The phenotypes at diagnosis were cranial in 1091 patients, extracranial in 337 patients and mixed in 170 patients.Conclusions This is the first study to estimate the incidence of GCA in Spain at a national level. We found a predominance among women and during the ninth decade of life with no clear variability according to geographical area or seasons of the year.

Filiaciones:
Fernández-Lozano, D:
 Hosp Clin Univ Valencia, Rheumatol, Valencia, Spain

Hernández-Rodríguez, I:
 Complexo Hosp Univ Vigo, Rheumatol, Vigo, Spain

Narvaez, J:
 Hosp Univ Bellvitge, Rheumatol, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain

Domínguez-Alvaro, M:
 Soc Espanola Reumatol, Res Unit, Madrid, Spain

De Miguel, E:
 Hosp Univ La Paz, Rheumatol, Madrid, Spain

Silva-Díaz, M:
 Complexo Hosp Univ A Coruna, Rheumatol, La Coruna, Spain

Belzunegui, JM:
 Hosp Donostia, Rheumatol, San Sebastian, Spain

Morales, CM:
 Complejo Asistencial Univ Leon, Rheumatol, Leon, Spain

Sánchez, J:
 Hosp Univ 12 Octubre, Rheumatol, Madrid, Spain

Galíndez-Agirregoikoa, E:
 Hosp Univ Basurto, Rheumatol, Bilbao, Spain

Aldaroso, V:
 Complejo Hosp Navarra, Rheumatol, Pamplona, Spain

Abasolo, L:
 Hosp Clin Univ San Carlos, Rheumatol, Madrid, Spain

 Hosp Clin San Carlos, Inst Invest Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain

Loricera, J:
 Hosp Univ Marques De Valdecilla, Rheumatol, Santander, Spain

 IDIVAL, Immunopathol Grp, Santander, Spain

Garrido-Puñal, N:
 Hosp Univ Virgen Del Rocio, Rheumatol, Seville, Spain

Alvarado, PM:
 Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Rheumatol, Barcelona, Spain

Larena, C:
 Hosp Univ Ramon Y Cajal, Rheumatol, Madrid, Spain

Navarro, VA:
 Hosp Moises Broggi, Rheumatol, Barcelona, Spain

Calvet, J:
 Parc Tauli Hosp Univ, Inst Invest & Innovac Parc Tauli I3PT CERCA, Rheumatol, Sabadell, Spain

 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain

Casafont-Solé, I:
 Hosp Germans Trias I Pujol, Rheumatol, Barcelona, Spain

Ortiz-Sanjuán, F:
 Hosp Politecn & Univ La Fe, Rheumatol, Valencia, Spain

Monte, TCS:
 Hosp Mar, Rheumatol, Barcelona, Spain

Castañeda, S:
 Hosp Univ Princesa, Rheumatol, IIS Princesa, Madrid, Spain

Blanco, R:
 Hosp Univ Marques De Valdecilla, Rheumatol, Santander, Spain

 IDIVAL, Immunopathol Grp, Santander, Spain
ISSN: 20565933
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BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, BRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 10 Número: 1
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WOS Id: 001191310100001
ID de PubMed: 38531620
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