Koko Vjollca, Ndrepepa Ana, Skënderaj Skënder, Ploumis Avraam, Backa Teuta, Tafaj Argjend
Regional Hospital of Gjirokaster, Albania.
IBE Institut, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Mater Sociomed. 2014 Feb;26(1):26-9. doi: 10.5455/msm.2014.26.26-29. Epub 2014 Feb 20.
To evaluate the incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in southern Albania and to assess the association of various demographic risk factors with the severity of disease.
This is an observational study with cross-sectional analyses, conducted in the region of Gjirokaster, between 1995 until 2011. The diagnosis of AS was based on the modified New York criteria. Data on population are obtained from the reports of the National Institute of Statistics.
Between 1995 and 2011, there were 54 patients diagnosed with AS. Of them, 48 subjects were males (88.9%) and 6 subjects females (11.1%). The AS prevalence in adult population (≥14 years of age), in December 2010, was 0.061%. The 5-year incidence (2006-2010) in adult population was 0.006 %. The mean age at the onset of disease was 29.7±8.4 years. The mean age in 2011 (n=50 subjects) was 51.6±12.7 years. The duration of the disease was 22.7±11.2 years. More than two thirds of the patients (70.3%) were in the advanced radiological stages of the disease. A younger age at the onset of the disease, longer delay in diagnosis, lower educational level and smoking were significant independent factors associated with the advanced forms of the disease.
In southern Albania, the AS prevalence in 2010 was 0.061% and the 5-year incidence (2006-2010) was 6 new cases per 105 adults. The incidence and prevalence of AS in Southern Albania are close to the respective regional epidemiological data.
评估阿尔巴尼亚南部强直性脊柱炎（AS）的发病率和患病率，并评估各种人口统计学风险因素与疾病严重程度之间的关联。
这是一项采用横断面分析的观察性研究，于1995年至2011年在吉诺卡斯特地区进行。AS的诊断基于改良的纽约标准。人口数据来自国家统计局的报告。
1995年至2011年期间，有54例患者被诊断为AS。其中，48例为男性（88.9%），6例为女性（11.1%）。2010年12月，成人（≥14岁）中的AS患病率为0.061%。2006年至2010年成人中的5年发病率为0.006%。疾病发病的平均年龄为29.7±8.4岁。2011年（n = 50例）的平均年龄为51.6±12.7岁。疾病持续时间为22.7±11.2年。超过三分之二的患者（70.3%）处于疾病的晚期放射学阶段。疾病发病时年龄较小、诊断延迟时间较长、教育水平较低和吸烟是与疾病晚期形式相关的显著独立因素。
在阿尔巴尼亚南部，2010年AS患病率为0.061%，5年发病率（2006 - 2010年）为每105名成年人中有6例新发病例。阿尔巴尼亚南部AS的发病率和患病率接近各自区域的流行病学数据。
