Autoimmune diseases are prevalent among people of African ancestry living outside of
Africa. However, the burden of autoimmune diseases in Africa is not well understood. This …

Multiethnic studies conducted outside sub-Saharan Africa identify African Black people as
the highest-risk group for morbidity and mortality among the 5,000,000 people who are …

The epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Africa is largely undetermined,
and the perception persists that the incidence of SLE on the continent is very low. Recent …

Background The prevalence and phenotype of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have
not been thoroughly investigated in Native sub-Saharan Africans despite knowledge that the …

Ethnicity, gender and age of onset are reported to influence the expression and outcome of
systemic lupus erythematosus. We studied a multi-ethnic cohort of 408 South Africans …

The incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis,
primary S jögren syndrome, scleroderma and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) varies …

Low and middle-income countries are thought to have a high frequency of infectious
diseases and a low rate of autoimmune and allergic diseases (1); this belief has supported …

COMORBIDITIES IN SOUTH AFRICANS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Page 1
COMORBIDITIES IN SOUTH AFRICANS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS LARA …

Background This was the first systematic review and meta-analysis on the epidemiology of
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) among Black Africans living in Africa. Methods We …

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a chronic multisystem autoimmune
disease with a wide spectrum of manifestations, shows considerable variation across the …