Prevalence of autoimmune inflammatory myopathy in the first nations population of Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Arthritis Care & Research
• Main Authors: Barnabe, Cheryl, Joseph, Lawrence, Bélisle, Patrick, Labrecque, Jeremy, Barr, Susan G., Fritzler, Marvin J., Svenson, Lawrence W., Peschken, Christine A., Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Bernatsky, Sasha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.21743; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Facr.21743; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/acr.21743/fullpdf

Abstract Objective To estimate the population‐based prevalence of autoimmune inflammatory myopathy (AIM) in Alberta, Canada, with a specific focus on rates in the First Nations population. Methods Physician billing claims and hospitalization data for the province of Alberta (1994–2007) were used to...