PREVALENCE RATES OF SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, AND OTHER RHEUMATIC DISORDERS IN AN ALASKAN INUPIAT ESKIMO POPULATION

  • 1 April 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (4) , 678-683
Abstract
We reviewed rheumatic diseases in an Inupiat Eskimo population and found a high frequency of seronegative spondyloarthritides. Most cases of juvenile arthritis, which occurred with particularly high incidence in male children (47.4/100,000), appeared to belong in the spondyloarthropathic category. Both Reiter''s disease and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy were common disorders in adults. The prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis (0.2%) was less than expected in a population with a high percentage of HLA-B27 positive individuals. The prevalence rates of rheumatoid arthritis (1.0%), gout (0.3%), and other rheumatic diseases were similar to those of the United States population in general.