Objectives. We estimated the collective burden of mortality from autoimmune diseases
among females in the United Kingdom and the effects of death certificate coding changes on …

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the effect of autoimmune diseases on mortality among
women. METHODS: Counts of autoimmune disease deaths were compared with …

Background A rise in the incidence of some autoimmune disorders has been described.
However, contemporary estimates of the overall incidence of autoimmune diseases and …

Background It is widely believed that autoimmune diseases affect predominantly in women,
but the available evidence came from case control study with potential selection and recall …

Aim To describe changes in the 2001–2014 mortality of 6 autoimmune systemic diseases
(AISDs), namely Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Idiopathic …

Autoimmune disorders are characterized as a condition in which the host's immune system
mistakenly attacks itself. These disorders cause the immune system to cause a systemic …

Abstract Objectives Systemic autoimmune diseases (SAIDs) have chronic trajectories and
share characteristics of self-directed inflammation, as well as aspects of clinical expression …

Background Some autoimmune diseases are associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease. We aimed to determine whether or not this is true, and to what …

Previous studies have estimated a prevalence of a broad grouping of autoimmune diseases
of 3.2%, based on literature review of studies published between 1965 and 1995, and 5.3 …

Autoimmune diseases are among the leading causes of death among young and middle-
aged women in the United States. Incidence rates vary among the autoimmune diseases …