Epidemiology of adrenal insufficiency

• Verfasst von: Chen, Yi-chun [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Lin, Yi-Hsuan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Chen, Shih-Han [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Chen, Yu-Chun [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Chou, Li-Fang [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Chen, Tzeng-Ji [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hwang, Shinn-Jang [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Epidemiology of adrenal insufficiency
• Titelzusatz: a nationwide study of hospitalizations in Taiwan from 1996 to 2008
• Verf.angabe: Yi-Chun Chen, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Shih-Han Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: March 2013
• Umfang: 6 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 09.04.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Zhonghua yi xue hui (China)Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
• Ort Quelle: Alphen aan den Rijn : Wolters Kluwer, 2005
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 76(2013), 3, Seite 140-145
• ISSN Quelle: 1728-7731
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jcma.2012.11.001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: adrenal insufficiency
• Sach-SW: comorbidity
• Sach-SW: epidemiology
• Sach-SW: Taiwan
• K10plus-PPN: 175358910X

Abstract

Background - Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is an uncommon but life-threatening disorder if it progresses to adrenal crisis. The nationwide trend of AI epidemiology in Taiwan has been infrequently reported. - Methods - Based on complete hospitalization datasets from the National Health Insurance Research Database, the trend of the annual incidence of AI from 1996 to 2008 in Taiwan was retrospectively analyzed. Special attention was paid to age-specific incidence, contributing factors as well as comorbidity at the time of AI diagnosis. - Results - Of the existing 35,884,231 hospitalization records, there were 52,660 with AI diagnosis in 32,085 patients (15,914 women and 16,163 men). The annual incidence of AI increased over time from 6.4/105 (n = 1280) in 1996 to 15.2/105 (n = 3494) in 2008. Nearly four-fifths (77%, n = 24,688) of the patients were aged at least 60 years at the time of their first AI diagnosis. The increase of the annual incidence of AI during the study period was largely attributed to disease prevalence in patients aged 60 years and over, with the most marked increase in the population aged 80 years of age from 51.1/105 in 1996 to 179.9/105 in 2008. Most patients with newly diagnosed AI were treated at internal medicine wards (81.1%, n = 26,032), at academic medical centers (51.9%, n = 16,648) and in southern Taiwan (54%, n = 17,334). The most common comorbidity was pneumonia (6.4%, n = 2051), followed by urinary tract infection (6.4%, n = 2049), diabetes mellitus (6.2%, n = 1985), electrolyte imbalance (4.8%, n = 1551), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4.5%, n = 1428). - Conclusion - The annual incidence of AI in Taiwan had continuously increased in recent years, and elderly patients accounted for the majority of the increase. In the face of an increasingly aging population, Taiwanese physicians should pay more attention to this easily overlooked disease.