Parkes S A, Baker S B, Bourdillon R E, Murray C R, Rakshit M, Sarkies J W, Travers J P, Williams E W
Thorax. 1985 Apr;40(4):284-7. doi: 10.1136/thx.40.4.284.
The incidence of sarcoidosis in a clearly defined island community has been determined in a seven year study. Special efforts were made to identify all cases, including those presenting to their general practitioners with only minor symptoms. A mean incidence of 14.7 per 100 000 per annum has been found in the years 1977-83 compared with an annual incidence of 3.5 per 100 000 in the preceding 15 years, when no specific attempts were made to identify sufferers from sarcoidosis. The lower figure is similar to the reported incidence in the United Kingdom and the difference is considered to be due to increased detection of cases during the study period. These findings suggest that a large proportion of cases of sarcoidosis in a general population may not be recorded in a registration system.
在一项为期七年的研究中，已确定了一个明确界定的岛屿社区结节病的发病率。研究人员做出了特别努力来识别所有病例，包括那些仅表现出轻微症状就去看全科医生的患者。1977 - 1983年期间发现的年平均发病率为每10万人中14.7例，而在之前的15年中，每年发病率为每10万人中3.5例，当时并未专门努力识别结节病患者。较低的数字与英国报告的发病率相似，这种差异被认为是由于研究期间病例检测增加所致。这些发现表明，普通人群中很大一部分结节病病例可能未在登记系统中记录。
