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Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in C songrád C ounty, H ungary
Author(s) -
Zsiros V.,
FricskaNagy Z.,
Füvesi J.,
Kincses Z. T.,
Langane É.,
Paulik E.,
Vécsei L.,
Bencsik K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/ane.12219
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , multiple sclerosis , population , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
Objective Recent epidemiological studies were mainly based on the P oser or other diagnostic criteria. There have been no previous data from H ungary, which were assessed with the more up‐to‐date M c D onald criteria and which give comparable standardized data from the region. Materials and Methods Data were collected from the MS R egister of the D epartment of N eurology at the U niversity of S zeged. All possible and definitive patients with MS living in the county on the prevalence day were included in the study. Direct standardization was based on the E uropean standard population. Results On 1 January 2013, 379 registered patients with MS were alive in the county, that is, a crude MS prevalence of 89.8/100,000, 46.6/100,000 in males and 128.6/100,000 in females; standardized prevalence: 83.7/100,000 (42.3/100,000 for males, 122.6/100,000 for females). The distribution of the clinical forms: 11% clinically isolated syndrome, 69% relapsing–remitting form, 14% secondary progressive form, 6% primary progressive form. Patients with no or only mild symptoms comprised 91.9% of the relapsing–remitting population. Conclusions This is the first standardized epidemiological study based on the M c D onald criteria in C entral E urope. H ungary is a medium‐risk country as concerns the prevalence of MS . The crude prevalence appears to have increased relative to previous reports from the county.