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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [3]

Epidemiology and Demography

Epidemiology and Demography

Prevalence

  • In France, a country with one of the highest per capita consumptions of alcohol, the prevalence of the WKS was found to be only 0.4% in a small retrospective autopsy study.[1]
  • Prevalence rates in Australia are highest 2.8%.[2]
  • Per capita consumption of alcohol is not corelating with the prevalence of the syndrome in many countries.[3]

Age

  • It is more common in middle aged persons.

Gender

  • It is more common in men.
References

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7596325
  2. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7596325
  3. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7596325

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