Who Can Get Polycythemia Vera?
Polycythemia Vera is primarily a disease of middle-aged or elderly patients but we are seeing young patients as well In a retrospective study of 1231 PV patients followed for 20 years, the largest cluster of PV patients were found in the 41 to 80 age groups with the highest numbers in the 51-75 age groups. (The ages ranged from under 10 to over 90). See Polycythemia Vera: The Natural History of 1213 Patients Followed for 20 years, Gruppo Italiano Studio Polycythemia, Annals of Internal Medicine, Volume 123, Number 9, 1 November 1995.
