Epidemiological characteristics of sarcoidosis patients hospitalized in the Uuniversity Hospital for Lung Diseases "Jordanovac" (Zagreb, Croatia) in the 1997-2002 period.

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Marija Alilović
• Author: Tatjana Peroš-Golubičić
• Author: Jasna Tekavec-Trkanjec
• Author: Silvana Smojver-Ježek
• Author: Rajka Liščić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care

Abstract (english)

The aim of our study was to explore the characteristics of hospitalized patients with sarcoidosis concerning age, gender, clinical forms and staging, seasonality, geographical distribution, smoking habit and profession, familial clustering and mortality. We included 476 biopsy-proven sarcoidosis patients who were diagnosed at the University Hospital for Lung Diseases "Jordanovac" in the period from 1997-2002. Most of the patients (44%) were in the group of age between 20 and 40 years. The ratio... More of women to men was 1.4:1. The onset of the disease usually appeared in spring and summer, especially in the patients presenting with erythema nodosum, with majority of patients hospitalized in the period from May to August (51%). More patients came from urban, than from rural areas (1.5:1), and they were mostly nonsmokers (3.3:1). In 2% of sarcoidosis patients we found familial clustering. Although these data are biased regarding the selection of patients they give new insights into characteristics of sarcoidosis patients in Croatia. Less

• Keywords (english): Erythema Nodosum - epidemiology; Sarcoidosis - epidemiology - mortality - physiopathology; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Croatia - epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitals , University; Humans; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Registries; Seasons; Sex Distribution; Urban Population
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Collegium Antropologicum
• Numbering: vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 513-517
• p-ISSN: 0350-6134
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:516792
• Publication: 2006-09
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-03-27 19:02:56