Table 2

Incident cases of seropositive myasthenia gravis (MG) in Greece

Period Women Men Total population
1983–97389 (5.03 ± 0.70)2-150 344 (4.56 ± 0.67)733 (4.80 ± 0.69)
1983–91168 (3.62 ± 0.43)113 (2.49 ± 0.49)281 (3.06 ± 0.38)
1992–97221 (7.14 ± 0.84)231 (7.66 ± 0.87)452 (7.40 ± 0.86)
  • 2-150 Mean annual incidence rate, expressed as MG incident cases/million population/year, with 95% confidence intervals.