From: Analyzing the demographics of patients with uveitis in an indigent, urban population
N = 270 patients | No. (%) | |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Female | 166 (61.5) | |
Race/Ethnicity | ||
African-American | 181 (67.0) | |
Caucasian | 44 (16.3) | |
Hispanic | 26 (9.6) | |
Asian | 11 (4.1) | |
Middle-Eastern | 7 (2.6) | |
Unknown | 1 (0.4) | |
Systemic Disease Associations | 184 (68.1) | |
Diabetes Mellitus | 68 (25.2) | |
Hypertension | 112 (41.5) | |
HIV | 7 (2.5) | |
Renal Transplant | 2 (0.7) | |
Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (N = 54) | ||
Sarcoidosis | 14 (25.0) | |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 6 (11.1) | |
Crohn’s Disease | 5 (9.3) | |
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease | 4 (7.6) | |
Behcet’s Disease | 3 (5.6) | |
HLA-B27 Spondyloarthropathy | 3 (5.6) | |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | 3 (5.6) | |
Ulcerative Colitis | 3 (5.6) | |
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | 2 (3.7) | |
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome | 1 (1.9) | |
Multiple Sclerosis | 1 (1.9) | |
Pemphigoid | 1 (1.9) | |
Sjogren Syndrome | 1 (1.9) | |
Scleroderma | 1 (1.9) | |
Other Autoimmune Disease* | 1 (1.9) |