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The interesting report by Phillips et al¹ on restless legs syndrome (RLS) calls for additional epidemiological data in patients from regions other than the United States.

My own experience spans a quarter of a century and relates to 3 study groups of patients: 1 rather large sample of over 2300 patients with musculoskeletal disorders and 2 separate groups of patients (n = 80 and n = 82) with RLS.

Whereas we did not find any distinctive ethnicity-related differences in the incidence of RLS among our patients in Israel, there were some interesting epidemiological findings:

• While the majority (56% [n = 46]) of the 82 patients with RLS were aged 45 to 64 years, 24% (n = 20) were younger than 45 and 6% (n = 5) were younger than 25.
  
• The body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) was entirely normal . . . [Full Text of this Article]