Comparison of the epidemiology of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis between Japan and the UK

Fujimoto, Shouichi, Watts, Richard A., Kobayashi, Shigeto, Suzuki, Kazuo, Jayne, David R. W., Scott, David G. I., Hashimoto, Hiroshi and Nunoi, Hiroyuki (2011) Comparison of the epidemiology of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis between Japan and the UK. Rheumatology, 50 (10). pp. 1916-1920. ISSN 1462-0324

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Abstract

Objectives. The epidemiological manifestations of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) differ geographically. However, there have been no prospective studies comparing the incidence of AAV between Japan and Europe over the same time period using the same case definitions. Methods. The incidence of AAV was determined by a population-based method in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan, and Norfolk, UK, between 2005 and 2009. Patients with AAV were defined and classified according to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) algorithm. Results. The number of incident cases of AAV in Japan and the UK were 86 and 50, respectively, and the average annual incidence over the 5-year period was 22.6/million (95% CI 19.1, 26.2) and 21.8/million (95% CI 12.6, 30.9) in Japan and the UK, respectively. The average age was higher in patients in Japan than in patients in the UK [mean (median), 69.7 (72) vs 60.5 (61) years]. Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) was the predominant subtype in Japan (83%), while granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) was more frequent in the UK (66%). As for the pattern of ANCA positivity, >80% of Japanese patients were pANCA/MPO positive, whereas two-thirds of UK patients were cANCA/PR3 positive. Renal involvement in MPA was very common in both countries, but was much less common in granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Japan compared with the UK. Conclusion. There was no major difference in AAV incidence between Japan and the UK, but this prospective study found MPA and MPO-ANCA to be more common in Japan and granulomatosis with polyangiitis and PR3-ANCA to be more common in the UK, in line with earlier reports.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Musculoskeletal Medicine
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Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2011 14:36
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2024 01:44
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/35541
DOI:	10.1093/rheumatology/ker205

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