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ArticleThe British journal of ophthalmology2025

Incidence, sociodemographic and presenting clinical features of childhood non-infectious uveitis: findings from the UK national inception cohort study.

Ameenat Lola Solebo, Salomey Kellett, Eibhlin McLoone, Harry Petrushkin, Jose Gonzalez-Martin, Jane Ashworth, Jessy Choi, Rachel F Pilling, Kate Armon, Kishore Warrier and 4 more

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Article in The British journal of ophthalmology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Ameenat Lola SoleboPopulation Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London, UK a.solebo@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8933-5864
Salomey KellettUCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Eibhlin McLooneOphthalmology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK.
Harry PetrushkinUveitis and Scleritis Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, London, UK.
Jose Gonzalez-MartinPaediatric Ophthalmology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3383-8590
Jane AshworthManchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK.
Jessy ChoiSheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Rachel F PillingOphthalmology Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7191-8255
Kate ArmonCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Kishore WarrierNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Srilakshmi M SharmaOxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0143-3994
Jugnoo S RahiPopulation, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Population Policy and Practice, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5718-9209
Members of the UNICORNS (Uveitis in Childhood National Cohort Study) Group
Members of the UNICORNS (Uveitis in Childhood National Cohort Study)

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to provide, through the Uveitis in Childhood National Cohort Study, population-based evidence on incidence, distribution and disease characteristics for childhood onset non-infectious uveitis.

methodsEligible children and young people (<18 years) were those newly diagnosed with non-infectious uveitis between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2023. Cases were identified and recruited through passive surveillance across a multicentre network. Descriptive analysis of demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics at diagnosis is reported alongside incidence rates, relative rates by region and sociodemographic patterning.

results468 cases were identified, providing a minimal national disease incidence of 1.89/100 000 (95% CI 1.72 to 2.07). Among the 255 children recruited, anterior uveitis was predominant (76.9%) and 65% of cases were bilateral. Peak incidence was at 11-15 years. Children resident in deprived areas and those from non-White ethnic backgrounds were over-represented (28% and 31% of the cohort). One in seven children (15%) had a diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and 5% had tubulointerstitial nephritis. Although bilaterally poor vision was uncommon (16.8%), 44.3% had lost some vision in at least one eye.

conclusionsThere is a need to reconsider how best to deliver paediatric rheumatological and eye care that meets the needs of young people, as well as young children, with uveitis. The predominance of non-JIA-related uveitis calls for a shift in focus. There appears to be socioeconomic drivers of disease risk, which are worthy of future exploration and which have implications on the delivery of care for this chronic and blinding disease.

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UveitisAdolescentAge DistributionChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantMaleUnited KingdomChild health (paediatrics)EpidemiologyUveitis

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PMID39933878
PMCPMC12320610

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