AS data collection
From the comments, where you probably missed it: an anonymous commenter is collecting data on individuals with ankylosing spondylitis, on this page (which looks like it's hosted chez lui via a dynamic IP service).
As of this writing, a total of 161 people have entered their data, of which, among other things,
- more are female (90) than male (71) -- which says something interesting about reporting, since supposedly males with AS outnumber females;
- 72.67 per cent are HLA B27 positive;
- two-thirds are on NSAIDs and one-third are on biologics;
- 46.58 per cent have a family history of autoimmune disease; and
- 44.93 per cent have had symptoms of iritis.
The average onset age is 24.21 years and the average diagnosis time is 8.1 years.
Interesting stuff.
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There is a thread about this web site on kickas.org :
* Title: AS Data Collection
http://www.kickas.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=support1&Number=184830
Interesting how many people with AS are left handed. Whilst the normal population has 10% of people being left handed, the above data indicates that almost 20% of people with AS are left handed.
Similarly, about 20% of those suffering from inflammatory bowel disease are also left handed:
Quote from : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/684236.stm
""People who are left-handed are twice as likely as right-handers to suffer from bowel disease, claim scientists.
A study of more than 20,000 people in the UK found that the risk of inflammatory bowel disease - usually Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis - doubled in left-handed people.
Dr Danielle Morris
Although the prevalence of left-handedness in the general population is around one in ten, 21% of the people found to have inflammatory bowel disease were left-handed.
The research, by a team at the Royal Free Hospital and University College Medical School in London, comes after earlier studies showed left-handers are at increased risk of other conditions such as asthma and diabetes.""
Posted by
zarkme (3/12/2005 4:30 PM)
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