Editing Arteritis (section)

====Takayasu arteritis====

This type of arteritis is most common in females, with a median age of 25 years.<ref name="pmid7909656"/> Takayasu arteritis is more common in women of Asian descent who are in their reproductive years.<ref name="pmid7909656"/> However, over the past decades, its incidence  in Africa, Europe, and North America has been increasing.<ref name="pmid7909656"/> Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory disease that mainly affects the larger vessels such as the aorta and its surrounding branches.<ref name="pmid7909656"/> Research focused on Takayasu arteritis in the western parts of the world remains limited. An estimation suggests that, each year, the number of cases per million people is 2.6.<ref name="pmid7909656"/>