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Table 1

From: A multinational study of the epidemiology, treatment and outcome of childhood arthritis (epoca study): preliminary data from 6,940 patients

 

Western Europe

N = 2845

Eastern Europe

N = 2171

Latin America

N = 795

Asia

N = 726

North America

N = 243

Africa

N = 79

Median onset age, yrs

4

6.3

6.6

5.9

7.5

5.7

Systemic arthritis, N (%)

202 (7.1)

165 (7.6)

143 (18)

174 (24)

16 (4.9)

11 (13.9)

Oligoarthritis, N (%)

1398 (49.1)

958 (44.1)

247 (31.1)

256 (35.3)

103 (31.8)

25 (31.6)

Enthesitis related arthritis, N (%)

253 (8.9)

248 (11.4)

74 (9.3)

92 (12.7)

35 (10.8)

3 (3.8)

Uveitis, N (%)

495 (17.4)

232 (10.7)

51 (6.4)

40 (5.5)

38 (11.7)

4 (5.1)

Median disease activity (JADAS10)

2

5

3.5

3.5

2

5

Inactive disease, N (%)

1070 (37.6)

454 (20.9)

268 (33.7)

237 (32.6)

114 (35.2)

13 (16.5)

Articular damage (JADI) > 0, N (%)

352 (12.4)

531 (24.5)

257 (32.3)

136 (18.7)

60 (18.5)

27 (34.2)

Treated with biologics, N (%)

1067 (37.5)

637 (29.3)

273 (34.3)

134 (18.5)

178 (54.9)

27 (34.2)