Sarcoidosis risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Roshan Dinparasti Saleh M.D.

Overview

Once thought rare, sarcoidosis is now known to be common and affects people worldwide. The disease can affect people of any age, race and gender. However, it is most common among adults between the ages of 20 and 40 and in certain ethnic groups.

Risk Factors

African americans^[1]^[2]
People of Scandinavian descent^[3]
Exposure to some dusty/moldy environments^[4]^[5]
People between 25 and 40 years old^[6]

References

↑ Hosoda Y, Yamaguchi M, Hiraga Y: Global epidemiology of sarcoidosis. What story do prevalance and incidence tell us? Clin Chest Med 18:681–694, 1997.
↑ Baughman RP, et al: Clinical characteristics of patients in a case control study of sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164(10 Pt 1):1885–1889, 2001.
↑ Westney GE, Judson MA: Racial and ethnic disparities in sarcoidosis: from genetics to socioeconomics. Clin Chest Med 27:453–462, vi, 2006.
↑ Kajdasz DK, et al: A current assessment of rurally linked exposures as potential risk factors for sarcoidosis. Ann Epidemiol 11:111–117, 2001.
↑ Kreider ME, et al: Relationship of environmental exposures to the clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis. Chest 128:207–215, 2005.
↑ Hillerdal G, et al: Sarcoidosis: epidemiology and prognosis. A 15-year European study. Am Rev Respir Dis 130:29–32, 1984.

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[1] Hosoda Y, Yamaguchi M, Hiraga Y: Global epidemiology of sarcoidosis. What story do prevalance and incidence tell us? Clin Chest Med 18:681–694, 1997.

[2] Baughman RP, et al: Clinical characteristics of patients in a case control study of sarcoidosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164(10 Pt 1):1885–1889, 2001.

[3] Westney GE, Judson MA: Racial and ethnic disparities in sarcoidosis: from genetics to socioeconomics. Clin Chest Med 27:453–462, vi, 2006.

[4] Kajdasz DK, et al: A current assessment of rurally linked exposures as potential risk factors for sarcoidosis. Ann Epidemiol 11:111–117, 2001.

[5] Kreider ME, et al: Relationship of environmental exposures to the clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis. Chest 128:207–215, 2005.

[6] Hillerdal G, et al: Sarcoidosis: epidemiology and prognosis. A 15-year European study. Am Rev Respir Dis 130:29–32, 1984.

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Sarcoidosis risk factors

Overview

Risk Factors

References

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