Sjögren's disease & overlap diseases

Population-based prevalence and incidence estimates of mixed connective tissue disease from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program

Rheumatology (Oxford)Published Population-based registry study

Authors' conclusion

The MLSP provided estimates for the prevalence and incidence of MCTD in a diverse population.

Study context

Population
Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program, a racially/ethnically diverse population-based registry of cases with SLE and related diseases including MCTD7.7% of cases met an MCTD definition
Participants
258 participants
Exposure
Three case definitions of MCTD
Outcome
Prevalence and incidence of MCTD
Methodological detailsracially/ethnically diverse
  • Racially/ethnically diverse

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

GroupValueAge-adjusted prevalenceAge-adjusted incidence (95% CI 0.22, 0.64)Age-adjusted incidence (95% CI 1.49, 2.39)
Modified Alarcon-Segovia and Kahn criteria1.28 (95% CI 0.72–2.09) per 100 0001.28
MCTD diagnosis, no other CTD2.98 (95% CI 2.10–4.11) per 100 0002.980.39
MCTD diagnosis regardless of other CTD16.22 (95% CI 14.00–18.43) per 100 00016.221.90

Value

Modified Alarcon-Segovia and Kahn criteria1.28 (95% CI 0.72–2.09) per 100 000
MCTD diagnosis, no other CTD2.98 (95% CI 2.10–4.11) per 100 000
MCTD diagnosis regardless of other CTD16.22 (95% CI 14.00–18.43) per 100 000

Age-adjusted prevalence

Modified Alarcon-Segovia and Kahn criteria1.28
MCTD diagnosis, no other CTD2.98
MCTD diagnosis regardless of other CTD16.22

Age-adjusted incidence (95% CI 0.22, 0.64)

Modified Alarcon-Segovia and Kahn criteria— not stated in the abstract
MCTD diagnosis, no other CTD0.39
MCTD diagnosis regardless of other CTD— not stated in the abstract

Age-adjusted incidence (95% CI 1.49, 2.39)

Modified Alarcon-Segovia and Kahn criteria— not stated in the abstract
MCTD diagnosis, no other CTD— not stated in the abstract
MCTD diagnosis regardless of other CTD1.90

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Original publication

Population-based prevalence and incidence estimates of mixed connective tissue disease from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 20 December 2022. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keac703

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