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Prevalence and demographic characteristics of Behcet disease in Colombia: data from the national health registry 2012–2016

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To estimate prevalence and describe the main demographic characteristics of Behcet disease in Colombia. Cross-sectional study, based on official Ministry of Health registry data. 523 cases of Behcet disease (ICD-10 code: M352) were reported between 2012 and 2016, for a prevalence in people over 18 years old of 1.10 per 100,000 inhabitants, of which 68% are women, with a female-to-male ratio of 2.2:1, with greater prevalence within the 45–49 age group. This is the first study that shows demographic and epidemiological information on Behcet disease in Colombia. Prevalence seems to be low when compared with other similar studies in the region.

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  1. Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio-School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

    Daniel G. Fernández-Ávila & Juan M. Gutiérrez Dávila

  2. Rheumatology Service, Hospital Militar Central-Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia

    Diana N. Rincón-Riaño

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio-School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

    Santiago Bernal-Macías

  4. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

    Diego Rosselli

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by DF, DR, SB, JMG and DR. The first draft of the manuscript was written by DR and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All co-authors take full responsibility for all aspects of the study and the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Daniel G. Fernández-Ávila.

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Daniel Fernández-Ávila, Diana Rincón-Riaño, Santiago Bernal-Macías, Juan M Gutierrez and Diego Rosselli declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Patients' informed consent was not required, as the research group had no direct contact with patients given that it was a retrospective study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of Medical School of Pontificia Universidad Javerina with the approval number 2018/20 and followed the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments as well as national ethical standards (Resolution 8430 of 1993).

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Fernández-Ávila, D.G., Rincón-Riaño, D.N., Bernal-Macías, S. et al. Prevalence and demographic characteristics of Behcet disease in Colombia: data from the national health registry 2012–2016. Rheumatol Int 40, 17–20 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-019-04466-7

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