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The epidemiologic profile of Kaposi's sarcoma in Greece prior to and during the AIDS era
Author(s) -
Touloumi Giota,
Kaklamanis Loukas,
Potouridou Irini,
KatsikaHatziolou Eftichia,
Stratigos John,
Mueller Nancy,
Hatzakis Angelos
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970304)70:5<538::aid-ijc8>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , poisson regression , demography , medicine , epidemiology , population , rate ratio , standardized rate , confidence interval , sarcoma , kaposi's sarcoma , pathology , mathematics , human herpesvirus , sociology , geometry
To determine the incidence rates and to describe the epidemiological patterns of non‐AIDS Kaposi's sarcoma in the central southern area of Greece during the period 1974–1989, all 473 incidence cases reported to Pathology Departments were studied. The mean age (SD) was 67.6 (12.9) years among 297 males and 66.1 (15.9) years among 176 females. The mean age‐standardized (Greek population 1981) incidence rate was 0.47 cases per 100,000 total population per year (males 0.62, females 0.32). The standardized incidence rates increased over time for males, with the incidence‐rate ratios relative to the earliest period, 1974–1978, being 1.44 (95% CI, 1.02–2.04) for the 1979–1983 interval and 2.12 (95% CI, 1.55–2.90) for the 1984–1989 interval. However, the rates for females did not show a similar pattern. The age‐adjusted male:female ratio was 1.6 in 1974–1983 and 2.6 in 1984–1989. Poisson‐regression modelling suggested a shift in the age‐specific incidence rate in men, towards younger ages during the last period, 1984–1989. Int. J. Cancer 70:538–541. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss Inc.