Epidemiology of Uveitis in a Tertiary-care Referral Institute in North India

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017;25(sup1):S46-S53. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1255761. Epub 2016 Dec 12.

Abstract

Purpose: To report epidemiology of uveitis in a tertiary-care referral institute in North India.

Methods: Hospital records of patients with uveitis between June 2011 and September 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: Of the 1912 patients, 56.64% were males. Anterior uveitis (43.04%) was the most common manifestation followed by posterior uveitis (24.58%), panuveitis (16.21%), and intermediate uveitis (10.66%). Specific etiologies could be ascertained in 60.56%. Tuberculosis (22.9%) was the most common infectious and HLA-B27-associated uveitis (9.46%) among non-infectious causes.

Conclusions: There is a trend towards a decrease in idiopathic etiologies of uveitis. Tuberculosis remains the most common infectious etiology in North India.

Keywords: Choroiditis; epidemiology; panuveitis; tuberculosis; uveitis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sex Distribution
  • Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data*
  • Uveitis / epidemiology*