Systemic lupus erythematosus in the far north of Queensland
Systemic lupus erythematosus in the far north of Queensland
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DOI：
10.1191/0961203303lu381xx
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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2.6
通讯作者：
Bossingham, D
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作者：
Bossingham, D
对澳大利亚昆士兰州最北端的人群进行了系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)患病率的评估。这片广袤的地区有大多数高加索人生活在热带环境中。大约10%的人口与澳大利亚土著或托雷斯海峡岛民后裔相提并论。总体而言，疾病的流行率很高(每10万人中有45.3人)，特别是在土著人口中(每10万人中有92.8人)，在疾病似乎更严重的地方，器官受累和实验室异常的模式在所检查的人口之间没有不同。然而，疾病持续时间是不同的，相比之下，由于土著群体中许多人过早死亡，高加索人口的病程更长。讨论了高患病率的原因和在实践中遇到的一些问题。
An assessment of prevalence for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been attempted for the population of far north Queensland in Australia. This huge area has a majority Caucasian population living in a tropical environment. Roughly 10% of the population comprizes people of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. The prevalence of disease was high (45.3 per 100 000) overall and particularly so in the indigenous population (92.8 per 100 000) where the disease appears to be more severe, The pattern of organ involvement and laboratory anomalies did not vary between the populations examined. Disease duration however was different, being longer by comparison in the Caucasian population due to many premature deaths in the indigenous groups. The reasons for such high prevalence figures and some problems encountered in practice are discussed.