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GIANT CELL ARTERITIS IN JERUSALEM: A 12-YEAR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
*Department of Geriatric Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem
Department of Medicine Rheumatology Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem
Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine Israel
Department of Medicine and Rheumatology Unit, Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem Israel
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Correspondence to: M. Sonnenblick, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.
The prevoting conception of the incidence of giant cell arteritis (GCA) among population underscores the very low incidence of this disease among Jews. We studied the epidemiology, ethnic background, and seasonality of GCA among the Jewish population of Jerusalem. Eighty-four patients with biopsy-proven GCA were identified in a period of 12 yr, from 1980–1991. The age, sex and period-adjusted incidence of GCA was 10.2 per 100 000 population aged 
50 yr, approximately 20-fold higher than that reported for the Jewish population in Israel for the years 1960–1978. The female: male ratio was 1.6. A declining trend in the annual incidence was observed for men but not for women. The incidence rate was similar among non-western and western Jews. The onset of GCA was more common during the early summer months (May–June).
KEY WORDS: Giant cell arteritis, Epidemiology, Incidence, Jews, Seasonality
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