Polymyalgia rheumatica risk factors
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Overview
Age, female sex, Scandanavian and northern Europe origin are risk factors for polymyalgia rheumatica. Smoking, sun exposure, infections, nulliparity have also been considered risk factors.[1]
Risk Factors
- Age[2]
- Female sex
- Sun exposure[1]
- Nulliparity[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cimmino MA, Zaccaria A (2000). "Epidemiology of polymyalgia rheumatica". Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 18 (4 Suppl 20): S9–11. PMID 10948749.
- ↑ Doran MF, Crowson CS, O'Fallon WM, Hunder GG, Gabriel SE (2002). "Trends in the incidence of polymyalgia rheumatica over a 30 year period in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA". J Rheumatol. 29 (8): 1694–7. PMID 12180732.
- ↑ Pamuk ON, Dönmez S, Karahan B, Pamuk GE, Cakir N (2009). "Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in northwestern Turkey: Clinical features and epidemiological data". Clin Exp Rheumatol. 27 (5): 830–3. PMID 19917168.