Familial risk ratio of sarcoidosis in African-American sibs and parents

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-193

  Rybicki, Benjamin A ^a   Kirkey, Kandace L ^a   Major, Marcie ^a   Maliarik, Mary J ^a   Popovich Jr , John ^a   Chase, Gary A ^a   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Incidence; Lung diseases; Odds ratio; Parents; Poisson distribution; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035863931     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.2.188     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Sarcoidosis - A clinicopathological review of three hundred cases, including twenty-two autopsies
2. Racial differences in sarcoidosis incidence: A 5-year study in a health maintenance organization
3. Patterns of sarcoidosis in three population groups in New York City
4. Sarcoidosis in Caucasians, Blacks, and Asians in London
5. Sarcoidosis mortality in the United States 1979-1991: An analysis of multiple-cause mortality data
6. Epidemiology of sarcoidosis
7. Epidemiology, demographics, and genetics of sarcoidosis
8. Familial sarcoidosis in Finland and Hokkaido, Japan - A comparative study
9. Familial analysis of 91 families
10. High prevalence of familial sarcoidosis in an Irish population
11. Heterogeneity of familial risk in sarcoidosis
12. Familial sarcoidosis with multiple occurrences in eleven families: A possible mechanism of inheritance
13. Epidemiologic investigations of sarcoidosis. III. Serum proteins; syphilis; association with tuberculosis: Familial aggregation
14. Statement on sarcoidosis. Joint statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WAOG) adopted by the ATS Board of Directors and by the ERS Executive Committee, February 1999
15. Familial associations in sarcoidosis. A report to the Research Committee of the British Thoracic and Tuberculosis Association
16. Possible genetic influences in familial sarcoidosis
17. Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. II. The power of affected relative pairs
18. Linkage strategies for genetically complex traits. I. Multilocus models
19. Sarcoidosis and heredity. 3 familial cases
20. Familial sarcoidosis. 4 cases from 2 families
21. Familial sarcoidosis: 3 cases in the same family
22. Temporal clustering of familial sarcoidosis in non-consanguineous relatives
23. Familial sarcoidosis. Report of four siblings with acute sarcoidosis
24. Familial sarcoidosis: A report of three cases
25. Familial sarcoidosis: A case report
26. The inheritance of liability to certain diseases, estimated from the incidence among relatives