Race and Alopecia Areata Amongst US Women
December 2017
in “
Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings
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The study investigated racial disparities in alopecia areata (AA) among US women using data from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII). Among 63,960 women in NHS and 88,368 in NHSII, 418 and 738 cases of AA were identified, respectively. The odds of AA were significantly higher in black women compared to white women, with odds ratios (ORs) of 2.72 in NHS and 5.48 in NHSII. Hispanic women in NHSII also had higher odds of AA compared to non-Hispanic white women (OR: 1.94). The study concluded that black and Hispanic women had increased odds of AA compared to white women, suggesting a need for further research to explore the underlying mechanisms of this racial disparity.
