Rheumatology
Volume 31, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 679-682

The prevalence of diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus in whites and indian asian immigrants in leicester city, UK (Article)

Samanta A.* , Roy S. , Feehally J. , Symmons D.P.M.
  • a Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • b Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • c Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
  • d ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, Manchester, United Kingdom

Abstract

The prevalence of diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during 1989 in the adult Indian Asian and White populations of the city of Leicester has been determined. Fifty cases (19 Asian, 31 White) fulfilling the 1982 revised ARA criteria for SLE were identified from a population of 191 469 (37 684 Asian, 153 785 White). Five different sources were used to ascertain cases. The overall prevalence of SLE in Whites was 20.2 per 100 000. Asians of both sexes had a significantly higher prevalence than Whites. Prevalence in males was 31.5 and 7.0 per 100 000 in Asians and Whites respectively; in females the figures were 69.7 and 31.7 per 100 000. Overall, lupus was 3.0 times more common in Asians than Whites. This is the first prevalence study of SLE in Indian Asians and suggests that, like the Black races and the Chinese, they have a greater frequency of SLE than Whites. © 1992 British Society for Rheumatology.

Author Keywords

SLE Racial variation Epidemiology

Index Keywords

immigrant India Caucasian race difference Indian sex difference human priority journal comparative study Aged Great Britain male female Caucasoid Race prevalence Article major clinical study adult United Kingdom systemic lupus erythematosus Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Transients and Migrants Middle Age
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DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/31.10.679
ISSN: 14620324
Cited by: 60
Original Language: English