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About 30 years has passed, and it is unknown whether the disease spectrum has changed over time in northern China. We aimed to study the epidemiological, clinical, and electrophysiological features of GBS in northern China in recent years. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of GBS patients admitted to the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University in northern China from 2015 to 2020. Results: A total of 294 patients with GBS were enrolled, with median age 53 years and 60.5% of participants being male, and a high incidence in summer and autumn. AMAN was still the predominant subtype in northern China (40.1%). The AMAN patients had shorter time to nadir, longer hospitalization time, and a more severe HFGS score at discharge than acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (AIDP) (p &lt; 0.05). With SPSS multivariable logistic regression analysis, we found the GBS disability score (at admission), dysphagia, and dysautonomia were independent risk factors for GBS patients requiring MV (p &lt; 0.05). In comparison with other regions, the proportion of AMAN in northern China (40.1%) was higher than in eastern (35%) and southern (19%) China. Conclusions: AMAN is still the predominant subtype in northern China after 30 years, but there have been changes over time in the GBS spectrum since the 1990s. There are regional differences in GBS in China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11216323","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T11:53:51Z","timestamp":1666785231000},"page":"6323","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 Syndrome in Northern China: A Retrospective Analysis of 294 Patients from 2015 to 2020"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Qiongqiong","family":"Zhai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cheng","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Qiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chaonan","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2294","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra1114525","article-title":"Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 Syndrome","volume":"366","author":"Yuki","year":"2012","journal-title":"N. 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