Al-Dalaan A, Al Ballaa S, Bahabri S, Biyari T, Al Sukait M, Mousa M
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, and Department of Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Saudi Med. 1998;18(5):396-7. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.396.
Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of varying degrees of severity has been seen in our clinics, there is no statistical evidence of the magnitude of the problem in Saudi nationals. We conducted this study to determine the prevalence of RA in the Al Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia.
Five thousand eight hundred and ninety-one Saudi adults, aged 16 years and over, were studied in a house-to-house survey in the Al Qassim Region.
Of the 5891 adults studied, 13 cases of RA were identified, using the criteria set for the diagnosis of RA by the American College of Rheumatology. Thirty-five percent of our patients showed positive rheumatoid factor.
The prevalence of RA in Al Qassim was estimated at 2.2 per thousand people. It was also noted that the prevalence of the disease increased with age, and that it was more common in females.
尽管我们诊所中已发现不同严重程度的类风湿关节炎（RA），但尚无沙特国民中该问题严重程度的统计证据。我们开展这项研究以确定沙特阿拉伯卡西姆地区类风湿关节炎的患病率。
在卡西姆地区挨家挨户进行调查，研究了5891名16岁及以上的沙特成年人。
在所研究的5891名成年人中，根据美国风湿病学会设定的类风湿关节炎诊断标准，确诊了13例类风湿关节炎病例。我们的患者中有35%类风湿因子呈阳性。
卡西姆地区类风湿关节炎的患病率估计为每千人2.2例。还注意到该疾病的患病率随年龄增加，且在女性中更为常见。
