Incidence and prevalence of psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and reactive arthritis in the first descriptive population-based study in the Czech Republic

Abstract

To estimate the annual incidence and prevalence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and reactive arthritis (ReA) in a Hample of the Czech population. The annual incidence and prevalence rates of PsA, AS, and ReA in the first population-based survey in the Czech Republic compared well with data reported from other countries.

Keywords

• inflammatory joint diseases
• diagnostic-criteria
• rheumatic-diseases
• epidemiology
• spondyloarthropathies
• classification
• Finland
• Minnesota