Table 9.

Etiologic distribution of anterior uveitis from the single center retrospective observational study from Poland (2005–2015) and in other studies from Europe (1976–2017) (% of all uveitis cases reported).

Author/Country/Year	Idiopathic	Fuchs uveitis	HLA-B27 AAU	Ankylosing spondylitis	Sarcoidosis	Reiter syndrome	Multiple Sclerosis	Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis	Rheumatoid Arthritis	Ulcerative colitis	Viral infection	Tuberculosis
Miettinen et al./Finland/1977	86.7	0.0	0.0								1.9	1.0
Rothova et al./The Netherlands/1992	33.0	11.3		9.0	5.0*			2.0			5.1	1.3
Smit et al./The Netherlands/1993	42.0	20.0		14.0	2.0*	1.0		3.0			1.0
Tran et al./Switzerland/1994		10.0				1.8					15.0
Pivetti-Pezzi et al./Italy/1996	59.9	17.0									18.9	6.3
Thean et al./UK/1996		17.2
Bodaghi et al./France/2001	13.6	9.5			6.8		0.4	9.5			31.0	4.9
Mercanti et al./Italy/2001	58.0	17.0			0.0			2.9	2.3		11.2	6.3
Biziorek et al./Poland/2001	67.3
Jakob et al./Germany/2009	25.0	15.0									8.0
Cimino et al./Italy/2010	20.0	45.0									19.0
Jones/UK/2015		25.0								1.3
Llorenç et al./Spain/2015	36.0	3.0	10.0	10.0	0.7	0.9	0.1	3.0	0.7		20.0	1.0
Grajewski et al./Germany/2015	44.0	7.0	19.0	0.0	11.0	0.0	0.4	4.0	0.0	0.4	12.0	0.0
Barisani-Asenbauer et al./Austria/2015		4.5	30.5		2.1			3.4		1.0*	11.4
Fanlo et al./Spain/2017	31.2	4.6	4.2	16.5
Retrospective observational study in Poland, 2005–2015	12.2	45.9	21.6	11.0	2.7	2.7	1.35	1.35	1.35	1.35	0.0	0.0
Mean prevalence in Europe (own data not included)	43.0	13.7	16.0	9.9	4.0	0.9	0.3	4.0	1.0	0.85	13.0	3.0
Mean prevalence in Europe (own data included)	40.0	15.7	17.0	10.0	3.8	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.0	1.0	12.0	2.6

HLA-B27 AAU – HLA-B27 associated acute anterior uveitis (AAU) without systemic disease. Empty boxes: data not available.

^*Suspected diagnosis.