Table 3.
Reported, verified and confirmed cases among FDRs
| Disease | Reported cases in FDRs (%) n = 497* |
Verified cases (%#) | False report (%) | Confirmed verified cases (%) |
Estimated prevalence (%)† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 147 (29.6) | 59 (40.1) | 30 (50.8) | 29 (49.2) | 1.5 |
| Hypothyroidism | 213 (42.9) | 110 (51.6) | 15 (13.6) | 95 (86.4) | 4 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 80 (16.1) | 35 (43.8) | 8 (22.8) | 27 (77.2) | 1.3 |
| SLE | 41 (8.2) | 12 (29.2) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 0.4 |
| Primary Sjögren’s | 22 (4.4) | 12 (54.5) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (66.7) | 0.3 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 16 (3.2) | 6 (37.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) | 0.3 |
| Crohn’s disease | 11 (2.2) | 5 (45.5) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 0.2 |
| PM/DM‡ | 8 (1.6) | 6 (75.0) | 1 (16.6) | 5 (83.4) | 0.1 |
| PMRΔ | 13 (2.6) | 4 (30.8) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0.1 |
| PBC | 16 (3.2) | 7 (43.8) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 0.3 |
| Overall | 567 | 257 (45.3) | 73 (28.4) | 184 (71.6) |
*
567 autoimmune diseases were reported in 497 FDR’s.
#
The denominator for the percentage calculation is the number of reported autoimmune disease.
†
The estimated prevalence was calculated based on the percentage of confirmed cases applied to the total number of reported disease entities for a given disease.
‡
Polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM).
Δ
Polymyalgia rheumatica.