title: Age differences in sarcoidosis patients with posterior ocular lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if age- and gender-related differences are correlated with the clinical aspects of posterior ocular lesions in sarcoidosis patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Age at disease onset, gender, and ocular findings were obtained from clinical records. Out of the 84 patients enrolled in the study, 22 were 45 years old or younger while 62 were older than 45. After division of the fundus field into three areas, lesion locations were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of disease onset in the male (44.5 ± 16.8 years) was lower than in the female (55.5 ± 16.8 years). The lesions at the posterior segment in the older patients were found to be located around the peripheral area. However, no statistically significant difference in the location of the lesions was found for gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a statistically significant difference between younger and older sarcoidosis patients for the disease lesions. Lesions were located around the peripheral area at the posterior segment in older patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine , Kyoto , Japan .
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Kazuichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Sunao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Urara
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fukuchi
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001706:Biopsy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057972:Posterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Age; disease lesion area; gender; posterior segment; sarcoidosis; uveitis