Abstract
The occuvance of Dupuytren's contracture is believed to be high in Northern Europe, but rare in Japan. We investigated the incidence and factor, related to Dupuytre's contracture at our hospital and a retirement home. A total number of 414 people (203 men and 211 women) were examined. Their ages ranged from 50 to 95, and averaged 69.8 years. The disease was detected in 50 cases (12%) overall; 39 men (19%) and 11 women (5%). 16 cases were bilaterally affected and 34 unilaterally. Cancerning the severity of the disease, 90% of the cases were in stage 0 of Meyerding's classification. The incidence of the disease in the cases with diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, or liver cirrhosis was higher on the whole.
