RT Journal
A1 Franzblau A, Werner RA
T1 WHat is carpal tunnel syndrome?
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD July 14
VO 282
IS 2
SP 186
OP 187
DO 10.1001/jama.282.2.186
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.282.2.186
AB 
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common diagnosis with an estimated
lifetime risk of 10% and an annual incidence of 0.1% among adults.1- 2 These estimates are undoubtedly conservative
because they are based on data collected prior to the substantial increase
in work-related cases of CTS in the 1980s and early 1990s and the concomitant
increased awareness of this condition.3- 4
More recent estimates of the prevalence of CTS in the general population are
0.6% in men and 5.8% in women.5 Now, data from
Sweden reported by Atroshi and colleagues6
in this issue of THE JOURNAL suggest an overall prevalence of 2.1%.