Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Roma Children Seem to Run More Risk than Non-Roma

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

SijmenA. Reijneveld¹  Veronika Vargova²  Ingrid Schusterova²  Simona Drobnakova²  Andrea Madarasova Geckova³  Jitse P van Dijk³  Jaroslav Rosenberger³  Daniel Klein⁴ 

[1] Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Ant. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic;Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic;Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, P.J. Safarik University, Tr. SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic;

关键词: juvenile idiopathic arthritis;    Roma;    ethnicity;    Slovakia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17072377

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Ethnic information regarding juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) exists for various populations across the world but is fully lacking for Roma. We assessed the occurrence and clinical characteristics of JIA in Roma vs. non-Roma children. Methods: We obtained data on all outpatients (n = 142) from a paediatric rheumatology centre (age 3 to 18 years) in the eastern part of Slovakia (Kosice region). We assessed patients’ age, gender, disease type and related extra-articular conditions by ethnicity. We obtained population data from the 2011 census. Results: The share of Roma children was higher in the clinical JIA sample than in the overall population (24.6%, n = 35, Roma in the sample vs. 10.8%, n = 142, Roma in the population, p < 0.05). Moreover, Roma children had been diagnosed more frequently with extra-articular conditions but did not differ in other symptoms. Treatments also did not differ by ethnicity. Conclusion: Roma children had been diagnosed more with JIA than their non-Roma peers. This calls for further research on the causes of this increased disease burden in Roma children.

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