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An Overview of Rheumatic Disease Epidemiology

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Nutrition and Rheumatic Disease

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Summary

• Heterogeneity in clinical presentation and variability in disease course of rheumatic diseases pose a significant problem in describing the epidemiology of these conditions.

• Despite these limitations, our understanding of the epidemiology of rheumatic diseases has dramatically improved in the past several decades.

• Rapid advances in genomic technology and lowered cost of genotyping are leading to exciting new knowledge of the genetics underlying rheumatic disease.

• These exciting findings may help identify subphenotypes, predict drug response, as well as clarify the role of genetic and environmental disease risk factors.

• Hopefully, in the near future, these findings may result in promising new prevention strategies and treatments to reduce the suffering from rheumatic disease.

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McCarty, D.J., Bundy, E.K. (2008). An Overview of Rheumatic Disease Epidemiology. In: Coleman, L.A. (eds) Nutrition and Rheumatic Disease. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-403-2_3

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