title: Land of the Long White Cloud: The Spectrum of Uveitis at a Tertiary Referral Center in New Zealand.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the patterns of uveitis at a tertiary referral center in New Zealand.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective data were collected for 1260 patients presenting to uveitis clinics in Auckland, New Zealand, between January 2008 and April 2014. Demographics, disease characteristics, and uveitis subtype were analyzed for all patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 1148 patients, 70.3% had anterior uveitis. The most common diagnosis causing anterior uveitis was HLA B27-associated disease. Toxoplasmosis was the most common cause of posterior uveitis, and sarcoidosis featured prominently in cases of panuveitis. Infectious etiologies represented 19.6% of all cases. Ethnic variations were noted, such as an increased prevalence of panuveitis in Pacific Islanders, TB-related uveitis in Indian patients, and Posner-Schlossman uveitis in East Asians. Patients over the age of 60 showed an increased prevalence of herpetic anterior uveitis and drug-induced uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New Zealand has a multicultural population with a wide spectrum of ocular inflammation that varies with ethnicity and age.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Auckland DHB , Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Auckland DHB , Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McKelvie
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Auckland DHB , Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Slight
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ophthalmology , Auckland DHB , Auckland , New Zealand.|b Auckland Eye , Auckland , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sims
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014605:Uveitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Demography; New Zealand; epidemiology; ethnic variation; uveitis