STUDIES SUGGEST THAT AGE AND RACE MAY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CLINICAL FEATURES AND DISEASE SEVERITY1-5
Caucasian and African women were ~2 to 8 times more likely to develop NMOSD than male patients3†
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From Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Neuromyelitis Optica: A Systematic Review
Papp V, et al. Neurology. 2021;96:59-77.
GET THE ARTICLEAfrican and Asian patients had a younger disease onset than Caucasian patients4‡
Younger patients were more likely to develop recurrent optic neuritis and had a higher likelihood of developing impaired vision or blindness compared to older onset patients.
from 2000 to 2020.4
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From Epidemiology of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Its Prevalence and Incidence Worldwide
Hor JY, et al. Front Neurol. 2020;11:501.
GET THE ARTICLEAfrican-American,
Afro-European (58%),
and Asian patients (46%) had the highest frequency of severe attacks compared to Caucasian patients (38%)5§
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From Racial Differences in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Kim SH, et al. Neurology. 2018;91:e2089-e2099.
GET THE ARTICLEThe overall mortality rate was more than 2x higher in African NMOSD patients than Caucasian patients1||
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From Mortality in neuromyelitis optica is strongly associated with African ancestry
Mealy M, et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2018;5(4):e468.
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