title: Prevalence rates of spondyloarthropathies, rheumatoid arthritis, and other rheumatic disorders in an Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo population.
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.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Service, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Templin
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000208:ethnology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*