Table 5. Prevalence of rheumatic diseases in different epidemiological studies.
| Diseases | PRO Dubai | COPCORD publications | Other regional studies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon4 | Kuwait5 | Egypt8 | Iran13 | Iran14 | |||
| Sample size | 3985 | 3530 | 359 | 5120 | 10,291 | 1,565 | |
| Region | Urban and rural |
Urban | Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
| RA | 0.9% | 1% | 0.7% | 0.29% | 0.33% | 0.19% | 0.22%15 |
| SpA | 2.2% | 0.3% | - | 0.15% | 0.23% | 1.1% | - |
| PsA | 0.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.09% | 0.12% | - | - |
| Enteropathic arthropathy | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Undif SpA | 1.6% | 0.2% | - | 0.02 | - | - | - |
| Reactive arthritis | 0.1% | - | - | 0.04% | - | - | - |
| Lupus | 0.1% | - | - | 0.05% | 0.04% | - | - |
| Knee OA | 25.8% | - | 29% | 8.5% | 19.9% | 13%6 | |
| Fibromyalgia | 1.36% | 1% | - | 1.3% | 0.69 | 0.06% | - |
| STR | 7.0% | 5.8% | 45.6% | 6.6% | 4.76% | 2.2% | - |
| BJHS | 2.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CTS | 0.9% | 0.8% | - | - | 1.27% | 0.6% | - |
| Gout | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.7% | - | 0.13% | - | - |
| Lower back pain | 32.3% | 3% | 15% | 30.3% | 15.4% | 23.4% | 18.8%7 |
RA: rheumatoid arthritis; SpA: spondyloarthritis; Undif SPA: undifferentiated spondyloarthritis; OA: osteoarthritis; CTS: carpal tunnel syndrome; BJHS: benign joint hypermobility syndrome; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; AS: ankylosing spondulitis; STR: soft tissue rheumatism.
COPCORD: Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases.