Systemic lupus erythematosus in migrants from west Africa compared with Afro-Caribbean people in the UK

Citation
M. Molokhia et al., Systemic lupus erythematosus in migrants from west Africa compared with Afro-Caribbean people in the UK, LANCET, 357(9266), 2001, pp. 1414-1415
Citations number
5
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
0140-6736 → ACNP
Volume
357
Issue
9266
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1414 - 1415
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20010505)357:9266<1414:SLEIMF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
SLE has a high prevalence in Afro-Caribbean populations but has been report ed to be rare In west Africa. We assessed prevalence (per 100 000) of SLE i n women in an area of south London and estimated it to be 177 (95% CI 135-2 20) in Afro-Caribbeans, 110 (58-163) in west Africans, and 35 (26-43) in Eu ropeans. The high prevalence of SLE in recent migrants from west Africa sug gests that the disease is not rare in west Africa, and that there is a gene tic basis for the high risk of SLE in people of west African descent compar ed with other groups.