TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant cell arteritis in Asians
T2 - A comparative study
AU - Pereira, Luciano S.
AU - Yoon, Michael K.
AU - Hwang, Thomas N.
AU - Hong, Jenny E.
AU - Ray, Kathyrn
AU - Porco, Travis
AU - McCulley, Timothy J.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - Background: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a common systemic vasculitis, with a presumed Caucasian predominance. The occurrence of GCA in Asians has rarely been addressed. This study aims to assess the incidence of giant cell arteritis in Asians. Methods: In this retrospective review, the self-reported ethnicities of patients with biopsy-proven GCA at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) were recorded. Ethnic distribution of the patient population served by UCSF was estimated from an age- and sex-matched control group. The odds ratio for each ethnicity (Asian and Caucasian) was determined and compared using Fisher's exact test and logistic regression analysis. Results: The ethnic distribution of the 38 patients with positive temporal artery biopsies were as follows: Caucasian n=31 (81.6%), Asian n=1 (2.6%) and other n=6 (15.8%). The ethnic distribution of the patient population served by UCSF was as follows: Caucasian 42%, Asian 28% and other 30%. The difference in the proportion of GCA in Asians and Caucasians was statistically significant (OR 0.049 (95% CI 0.0065 to 0.374), p=0.0036). Conclusions: In our patient population, GCA was seen 20 times less frequently in Asian than Caucasian patients. Although this difference is significantly different (p=0.036), given the small sample size and wide CI this should be viewed as a rough estimate.
AB - Background: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a common systemic vasculitis, with a presumed Caucasian predominance. The occurrence of GCA in Asians has rarely been addressed. This study aims to assess the incidence of giant cell arteritis in Asians. Methods: In this retrospective review, the self-reported ethnicities of patients with biopsy-proven GCA at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) were recorded. Ethnic distribution of the patient population served by UCSF was estimated from an age- and sex-matched control group. The odds ratio for each ethnicity (Asian and Caucasian) was determined and compared using Fisher's exact test and logistic regression analysis. Results: The ethnic distribution of the 38 patients with positive temporal artery biopsies were as follows: Caucasian n=31 (81.6%), Asian n=1 (2.6%) and other n=6 (15.8%). The ethnic distribution of the patient population served by UCSF was as follows: Caucasian 42%, Asian 28% and other 30%. The difference in the proportion of GCA in Asians and Caucasians was statistically significant (OR 0.049 (95% CI 0.0065 to 0.374), p=0.0036). Conclusions: In our patient population, GCA was seen 20 times less frequently in Asian than Caucasian patients. Although this difference is significantly different (p=0.036), given the small sample size and wide CI this should be viewed as a rough estimate.
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U2 - 10.1136/bjo.2009.177220
DO - 10.1136/bjo.2009.177220
M3 - Article
C2 - 20584707
AN - SCOPUS:79251491707
SN - 0007-1161
VL - 95
SP - 214
EP - 216
JO - British Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -