Journal article
An analysis of seasonality of sarcoidosis in the United States veteran population: 2000-2007
Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases, Vol.29(2), pp.155-158
10/2012
PMCID: PMC4321897
PMID: 23461080
Abstract
The onset of sarcoidosis is thought to be seasonal, particularly Lofgren's syndrome. However, there are conflicting data on seasonality by country and by radiographic stage. The objective of this study was to determine if there is seasonality of the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in outpatients in the United States. Using time series methods, we performed a retrospective analysis of 3791 incident cases of sarcoidosis in the Veteran's Health Administration national outpatient claims database (2000-2007). We did not find overall seasonality in the occurrence of new sarcoidosis in United States Veterans (p = 0.9860), even after we subdivided the United States by northern (p = 0.6824) and southern regions (p = 0.4588). The lack of seasonality in this study indicates that season is not a dominant factor in complex gene-environment-host interaction that precedes presentation of new sarcoidosis cases in the United States Veteran population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An analysis of seasonality of sarcoidosis in the United States veteran population: 2000-2007
- Creators
- Alicia K Gerke - University of Iowa, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. alicia-gerke@uiowa.eduFan Tang - University of Iowa, BiostatisticsMing Yang - University of IowaJoseph E CavanaughPhilip M Polgreen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases, Vol.29(2), pp.155-158
- PMID
- 23461080
- PMCID
- PMC4321897
- NLM abbreviation
- Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis
- ISSN
- 1124-0490
- Publisher
- Italy
- Grant note
- L30 HL090551 / NHLBI NIH HHS KL2 RR024980 / NCRR NIH HHS K23 HL114640 / NHLBI NIH HHS 1KL2RR024980 / NCRR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2012
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983985817702771
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