Hochberg M C
J Rheumatol Suppl. 1983 Nov;10:7-10.
The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been the subject of 4 international conferences during the past 25 years and the current concepts have recently been renewed in detail elsewhere. This paper will focus on the prevalence and incidence of RA in various geographic areas and ethnic groups, temporal trends in incidence rates, and the role of host, and environmental and genetic factors in disease etiology.
在过去25年里，类风湿关节炎（RA）的流行病学一直是4次国际会议的主题，目前的概念最近在其他地方有了详细更新。本文将重点关注RA在不同地理区域和种族群体中的患病率和发病率、发病率的时间趋势，以及宿主、环境和遗传因素在疾病病因学中的作用。
