Epidemiology of monosymptomatic optic neuritis in Rijeka County, Croatia: meteorological aspects

In order to analyze the meteorological factors possibly influencing the monosymptomatic optic neuritis in Rijeka County, northwestern part of Croatia, retrospective analysis of all cases diagnosed in Rijeka County in period from 1977 to 2001, was done. Meteorological data on monthly and yearly tempe...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Collegium antropologicum Vol. 29; no. 1; p. 309
Main Authors:	Loncarek, Karmen, Brajac, Ines, Petricek, Igor, Stalekar, Hrvoje, Cerovski, Branimir, Pokupe, Rajko
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Croatia 01-06-2005
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Croatia - epidemiology Female Humans Incidence Male Meteorological Concepts Middle Aged Optic Neuritis - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Croatia
Online Access:	Get more information
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	In order to analyze the meteorological factors possibly influencing the monosymptomatic optic neuritis in Rijeka County, northwestern part of Croatia, retrospective analysis of all cases diagnosed in Rijeka County in period from 1977 to 2001, was done. Meteorological data on monthly and yearly temperature, humidity, insolation in Rijeka County were collected from Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service. In the observed period there were 173 cases of monosymptomatic optic neuritis, female/male ratio was 1.66, and overall incidence was 2.18/100,000 inhabitants. There was no correlation of incidence with average yearly and monthly temperature, humidity, insolation, or month of birth. This is the first study on meteorological factors and optic neuritis in Croatia.
ISSN:	0350-6134