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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Jun 27;89(11):1515–1524. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.04.015

Table 6.

Results of Current and Previous Studies That Estimated the Incidence of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Study Study Location Duration of Study, y Population Based Incidence (Cases per Million Population per Year) Miscellaneous
Current study Olmsted County, Minnesota 15 Yes 45 Only cutaneous biopsy-proven cases were included
Watts et al, 199811 Single district hospital, United Kingdom 4 No 38.6 (“Cutaneous vasculitis”) Incidence was 15.4 cases per million population per year for “cutaneous leukocytoclastic angiitis”
Garcia-Porrua and Gonzalez-Gay, 199912 Primary referral center in a region of northwest Spain 9 No 29.7 Incidence calculated for cases of “hypersensitivity vasculitis”