Table 3.
Frequencies (percentages of total cases) of key uveitis diagnoses in comparison with previous studies
| Country | Author | N; Period | Fuchs | HLA-B27 | HSV | Behçet’s | Toxoplasmosis | Sarcoidosis | TB | VKH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Present data | 990; 2013–2015 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| Cimino9 | 1064; 2002–2008 | 22.7 | 5.3 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 1.9 | |
| Mercanti24 | 655; 1986–1993 | 2.1 | na | 11.7 | 3.0 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 1.4 | |
| Pivetti-Pezzi25 | 1417; 1986–1993 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 0.2 | na | 2.0 | |
| UK | Jones26 | 3000; 1991–2013 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| Austria | Barisani-Asenbauer27 | 2619; 1995–2009 | 4.6 | 19.5 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Spain | Llorenç28 | 1022; 2009–2012 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Germany | Grajewski29 | 476; 2012–2013 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 11.0 | na | 0.6 |
| Jacob30 | 1916; 2001–2006 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Swiss | Tran31 | 558; 1990–1993 | 5.4 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| France | Bodaghi32 | 927; 1991–1996 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.0 |
| Japan | Nakahara39 | 695; 2010–2012 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 0 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 7.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | Al Dhahri18 | 642; 1998–2013 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 17.8 | 19.6 |
| Tunisia | Khairallah47 | 472; 1992–2003 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Turkey | Kazokoglu49 | 761; 2004 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 32.1 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| US | Rodriguez50 | 1237; 1982–1992 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |