Relative prevalence of Aboriginal patients in a Canadian uveitic population

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie
Mili Roy

Abstract

To determine whether the prevalence of Aboriginal patients in a consecutive series of patients with uveitis differs significantly from the prevalence of Aboriginal persons in the general population. Retrospective chart review. 133 consecutive patients with uveitis. The proportion of Aboriginal patients in a series of 133 consecutive patients with uveitis was compared to the proportion of Aboriginal persons within the general population to determine whether Aboriginal patients were under- or overrepresented in the population with uveitis, relative to their numbers in the population in general. The main outcome measure was the self-reported race of patients. The mean age, sex, and prior disease duration were also compared between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in the consecutive series. There was no significant difference (p = 0.84) between the proportion of Aboriginal persons in the uveitis population studied (22 of 133; 16.5%) compared to general population census data (15.5% Aboriginal). Mean age at presentation was 36.8 years in the Aboriginal population versus 47.3 years in the control non-Aboriginal group (p = 0.01). Mean prior disease duration was 20.3 months in the Aboriginal population versus 21.1 months in the c...Continue Reading

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Apr 29, 2014·Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie·Mili Roy
Feb 24, 2021·Ocular Immunology and Inflammation·Michael T Kryshtalskyj, Mili Roy

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