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Revista Colombiana de Reumatología
Print version ISSN 0121-8123
Abstract
FERNANDEZ-AVILA, Daniel G. et al. Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Colombia based on information from the Ministry of Health registry. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2019, vol.26, n.2, pp.83-87. Epub May 20, 2020. ISSN 0121-8123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2019.01.003.
Objective:
To estimate the prevalence and describe the main demographic characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis in adults in Colombia.
Material and methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the data taken from the Integral Information System of Social Protection of the Ministry of Health during the years 2012-2016.
Results:
A total of 248,995 cases were identified, which gave an estimated prevalence of 0.52% in those older than 18 years of age. The large majority (80.7% were women, with a female: male ratio of 4.2:1, and there was a higher prevalence in the 70-74 years age group. The departments with the highest number of cases were Bogota DC (64,121), followed by Antioquia (43,771), but the departments with the highest prevalence were Cesar (1.13%), Casanare (0.96%), and Risaralda (0.93%).
Conclusions:
Demographic and epidemiological information on rheumatoid arthritis in Colombia is presented. A similar prevalence is reported in other studies from the region, like Brazil (0.46%), Venezuela (0.4%), or Peru (0.55%), but lower than Argentina (0.94%) or Mexico (1.6%).
Keywords : Rheumatoid arthritis; Prevalence; Epidemiology; Colombia.