Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Services; Srimati Kanuri Santhamma Center for Retina & Vitreous Diseases, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Department of eyeSmart EMR & AEye, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Apr;70(4):1260-1267. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1122_21.
To describe the demographics and epidemiology of uveitis presenting to a multi-tier ophthalmology hospital network in Southern India.
Cross-sectional hospital-based study of 19,352 patients with uveitis presenting between March 2012 and August 2018.
In total, 1,734,272 new patients were seen across the secondary and tertiary centers of our multi-tier ophthalmology hospital network during the study period. Among them, 25,353 eyes of 19,352 patients were diagnosed with uveitis and were included in the study. Uveitis constituted 1.11% of all cases. The majority of patients were male (60.33%) and had unilateral (68.09%) affliction. The most common age group was 21-50 years with 12,204 (63.06%) patients. The most common type of uveitis was anterior uveitis, which was seen in 7380 (38.14%) patients, followed by posterior uveitis in 5397 (23.89%) patients. Among the infectious causes, tuberculosis was the most common etiology (2551 patients, 13%) followed by toxoplasmosis (1147 patients, 6%).
Uveitis constituted 1.11% of all cases presenting to our clinics. It was more common in the age group of 21-50 and was predominantly unilateral. Anterior uveitis was the most common subtype seen in 38%.
描述在印度南部一家多层次眼科医院网络就诊的葡萄膜炎患者的人口统计学和流行病学特征。
这是一项横断面医院病例研究，纳入了 2012 年 3 月至 2018 年 8 月期间在我们的多层次眼科医院网络的二级和三级中心就诊的 19352 例葡萄膜炎患者。
在研究期间，我们的多级别眼科医院网络中的二级和三级中心共诊治了 1734272 例新患者。其中，有 19352 例患者的 25353 只眼被诊断为葡萄膜炎，并纳入本研究。葡萄膜炎占所有病例的 1.11%。大多数患者为男性（60.33%）且为单侧受累（68.09%）。最常见的年龄组为 21-50 岁，有 12204 例（63.06%）患者。最常见的葡萄膜炎类型为前葡萄膜炎，有 7380 例（38.14%）患者，其次是后葡萄膜炎，有 5397 例（23.89%）患者。在感染性病因中，结核病是最常见的病因（2551 例，13%），其次是弓形虫病（1147 例，6%）。
葡萄膜炎占我们诊所就诊病例的 1.11%。它在 21-50 岁年龄组更为常见，且主要为单侧。前葡萄膜炎是最常见的亚型，占 38%。
