Open AccessRheumatoid arthritis in a chippewa band
Author(s) -
Harvey Joan,
Lotze Michael,
Stevens Mary Betty,
Jacobson Dennis
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/art.1780240515
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , medicine , population , arthritis , census , reservation , demography , environmental health , law , sociology , political science
The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians in central Minnesota was screened for rheumatoid arthritis, with a 77% completion rate of the reservation census. Rheumatoid arthritis was found in marked excess, namely 6.8% of those evaluated or, minimally, 5.3% of the total band if all persons had been evaluated with no additional cases identified. This relatively closed population thus provides an opportunity to assess genetic and environmental factors of significance in this disease.