Incidence of reactive arthritis (ReA) among children (<16 years) and adults (⩾16 years) following Salmonella infection: summary of epidemiological studies
| Total number of children infected1-159 | Total number of adults infected1-159 | Children with ReA/joint complaints (%)1-153 | Adults with ReA/joint complaints (%)1-153 | Reference |
| – | 330 | – | 3.9 | Hakanssonet al (1975)6 |
| 2061-154 | 2121-154 | 0.5 | 3.3 | Eastmond (1983)3 |
| – | 260 | – | 7.3 | Inman et al(1988)7 |
| – | 83 | – | 7.2 | Thomsonet al (1992)8 |
| – | 113 | – | 15 | Locht et al(1993)9 |
| – | 84 | – | 13.1 | Thomsonet al (1994)10 |
| 155 | 91 | 2.6 | 13.2 | Mattila et al (1994)1 |
| – | 411 | – | 6.6 | Thomsonet al (1995)11 |
| – | 321 | – | 141-150 | Samuel et al (1995)12 |
| 38 | 153 | 8.0 | 12 | Mattilaet al (1998)4 |
| 286 | – | 2.11-160 | – | Present study |
↵1-159 Where possible, the number of infected and subsequently assessed persons is given.
↵1-153 The definition of ReA varies according to the authors' opinion.
↵1-154 The precise number of children and adults is not given in the publication (total n=418) and had to be calculated from a figure.3
↵1-150 Incidence as estimated by the authors.12
↵1-160 No case of arthritis was seen, all children had arthralgia only.