EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DUPUYTREN'S DISEASE IN BRAZIL

The purpose of this study is to describe associated factors and epidemiological aspects of Dupuytren's Disease in patients followed up in a Brazilian tertiary public hospital, at the Hand Surgery service.

A cross-sectional study was performed from 2014 to 2019.

age, gender, ancestry, associated comorbidity presence, phenobarbital, tobacco, and alcohol use, family history of Dupuytren's Disease and associated fibrotic diseases. Then, the patients underwent a clinical examination to identify and characterize the involvement of the fingers. The patients were also assessed in regard to whether they presented Dupuytren's Disease severity factors.

140 patients were included, 70.7% men and 29.3% women. Only 42.3% reported being of European ancestry; 20% had first-degree relatives with the disease; 59.3% presented comorbidities, including hypertension, diabetes, chronic heart disease, dyslipidemia, epilepsy, and HIV infection; 15.8% had Ledderhose disease, 7.1% had Peyronie's disease. 31% were smokers, 16.6% were alcoholic, and 37.1% were phenobarbital users; 40% presented with a severe form of DD.

The population studied was composed of Brazilians, most of whom did not report European ancestry; still, they presented several characteristics similar to those described in literature worldwide. .