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Changes in the Incidence and Clinical Features of ALS in the Koza,Kozagawa,and Kushimoto Area of the Kii Peninsula―From the 1960s to the 2000s Follow-up Study Tameko Kihira 1 , Sohei Yoshida 1 , Kenya Murata 2 , Hiroshi Ishiguti 3 , Tomoyoshi Kondo 2 , Junko Kohmoto 4 , Kazusi Okamoto 5 , Yasumasa Kokubo 6 , Shigeki Kuzuhara 7 1Kansai University of Health Sciences 2Department of Neurology,Wakayama Medical University 3Department of Neurology,Singu Medical Center 4Department of Neurology,Wakayama National Hospital 5Department of Public Health,Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health 6Department of Neurology,Mie University Graduate School of Medicine 7Department of Neurology,National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Keyword: focus area , Kii-ALS , incidence , parkinsonism-dementia complex (PDC) pp.72-80
Published Date 2010/1/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1416100620
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 In the 1960's, ALS was highly prevalent in the southern part of the Kii Peninsula, especially in the Koza, Kozagawa, and Kushimoto area (K area). Thereafter, the incidence of ALS was considered to have gradually decreased, and the disease almost disappeared in the 1980's. However, new patients have been continuously identified in this area, and indicating the importance of studying the changes in the incidences of ALS. This study investigated the characteristic clinical features and incidence of ALS in K area during the following periods: period I: between 1967 and 1971, period Ⅱ: between 1989 and 1999, and period III: between 2000 and 2008. Data on all patients with motor neuron disease were collected for each year within these periods from medical doctors and medical staff of the regional public health center and municipal office. Neurologists on our research team examined and assessed each of these patients on the basis of the El Escorial criteria. Probable and definite ALS patients diagnosed by neurologists using the El Escorial criteria in K area during the research periods were collected. The crude incidence rate of ALS in K area were similar in period I, i.e. 6.0/100,000, and in period III, i.e., 5.7/100,000. The age-, and sex-adjusted incidence (considering the 2000 census) in women in K area during period III, especially in Kozagawa district, was higher than that in periods I and Ⅱ. The adjusted incidence rate in Kozagawa district was 8.8/100,000, and was higher than that in other areas of the world. The clinical features of patients in this area were quite similar to those of patients with classical ALS. Five patients from 3 families with a family history of ALS and 2 patients without a family history presented with the clinical features of ALS and PDC during these research periods. The mean age at onset for period III was higher than that in period I (p < 0.01). The frequency of ALS patients with upper-extremity onset in period III was lower than that in period I (p = 0.05), whereas the frequency of patients with bulbar-onset has recently increased.

 Conclusion The result of present study indicate that the recent incidence of ALS in K area is high, the age of onset has recently become higher and the number of bulbar-onset patients has increased. All the abovementioned findings could be attributed to an increase in the senility rate in the population. Between 2000 and 2008, the age-adjusted incidence in ALS for women in K area, especially in the Kozagawa district, was high, indicating an increase in that the incidence of ALS among women in this area after 2000. The factors responsible for the high incidence of ALS in this area remain to be clarified.

(Received: August 3,2009,Accepted: September 9,2009)


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