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dc.contributor.authorFretheim, Håvard Halland
dc.contributor.authorHalse, Anne-Kristine
dc.contributor.authorSeip, Marit
dc.contributor.authorBitter, Helle
dc.contributor.authorWallenius, Marianne
dc.contributor.authorGaren, Torhild Oddveig
dc.contributor.authorSalberg, Anne
dc.contributor.authorBrunborg, Cathrine
dc.contributor.authorMidtvedt, Øyvind
dc.contributor.authorMolberg, Øyvind
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T12:03:42Z
dc.date.available2021-04-26T12:03:42Z
dc.date.created2020-10-11T19:58:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.PublishedRheumatology. 2020, 59 (10), 2920-2929.
dc.identifier.issn1462-0324
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2739612
dc.description.abstractObjective SSc is a severe, heterogeneous multi-organ disease where population-based estimates on phenotypic spectrum, overall disease burden and societal impact are largely missing. Here the objective was to provide the first-ever complete national-level data on phenotype and major organ afflictions in SSc. Methods A stepwise strategy was applied to find and characterize every SSc patient resident in Norway from 2000 to 2012. First we identified every case in the country registered with an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code for SSc (M34). Next we manually reviewed all cases coded as M34 to determine whether they met the 1980 ACR and/or 2013 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for SSc and could be included in the Norwegian SSc cohort (Nor-SSc). Finally, all disease features from SSc onset to study end were reviewed. Results The Nor-SSc cohort included 815 SSc patients. The mean age at diagnosis was 53 years, with 84% females and 77% limited cutaneous SSc. The estimated incidence increased from 4 per million in 2000 to 13 per million in 2012. We identified high cumulative frequencies of internal organ involvement, coexistence of multiple organ afflictions across disease subsets and autoantibody status and stable frequencies of pulmonary arterial hypertension across haemodynamic definitions, but indications of referral-related differences in pulmonary hypertension detection rates across the study area. Conclusion This nationwide cohort study provides new, unbiased evidence for a high disease burden in SSc patients of Caucasian descent and indicates the existence of hurdles preventing equality of assessment across the SSc population.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleMultidimensional tracking of phenotypes and organ involvement in a complete nationwide systemic sclerosis cohorten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Authorsen_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/rheumatology/keaa026
dc.identifier.cristin1838736
dc.source.journalRheumatologyen_US
dc.source.4059
dc.source.1410
dc.source.pagenumber2920-2929en_US
dc.identifier.citationRheumatology. 2020;59:2920–2929en_US
dc.source.volume59en_US


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