Racial and ethnic determinants of psoriatic arthritis phenotypes and disease activity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in PsA research/clinical trials, despite evidence that their disease presentation, severity and course may be distinct. Here we aim to describe how race, ethnicity and other socioeconomic factors inform disease characteristics in PsA.

Methods

A total of 817 consecutive patients with PsA from a large, diverse metropolitan area were enrolled in an observational, longitudinal registry. Demographics, medical history, medication use and psoriatic disease phenotype and activity were all recorded and analysed.

Results

The population was 77.4% non-Hispanic White, 2.2% Black, 7.1% Asian and 9.9% identified as other races or multiracial, and 11.8% identified as Hispanic. Hispanic and non-w

SUBMITTER: Haberman RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11781580 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature