Comparing the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in China with the rest of the world |
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Authors: | David T Felson |
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Institution: | (1) Clinical Epidemiology Research & Training Unit, 650 Albany Street, Suite X-200, Boston, MA 02118-2526, USA |
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Abstract: | Geographic or ethnic differences in the occurrence of disease often provide insights into causes of disease and possible opportunities
for disease prevention. Persons in China appear to have a consistently lower prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia
than persons in the United States and Europe; reasons for these prevalence differences might include genetic differences,
differences in environmental exposures or a combination of both. With increasing obesity, gout is becoming endemic in China.
Finally, symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is extremely common in China and constitutes a major public health problem there. |
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