Ethnic variation in disease patterns and health outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1990-1995

  Johnson, Sindhu R ^a,b   Urowitz, Murray B ^a,b   Ibañez, Dominique ^a,b   Gladman, Dafna D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Centre for Prognostic Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Ethnicity; Lupus; Renal disease; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749997685     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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