![]() “If you asked me this question 10 years ago, is alopecia areata important, you may hear that no, this isn't a disease that anyone cares about. One Dermatology Times® editorial board member shared insight at Winter Clinical Miami last month. While hair loss caused by alopecia can affect a patient’s mental health, there is optimism in derm space for treatment. Research published in JAMA Dermatology earlier this year 2 also revealed that patients with AA experienced symptoms of depression at a prevalence of 37% and symptoms of anxiety at 34%. “The findings of this cross-sectional study suggest there’s a significant burden of AA, AT, and AU in the US in which people of color, particularly Asian Americans, appear to be disproportionately affected,” the study said. Black and Hispanic/Latino patients had the second and third highest rates of AA, while White patients had the lowest AA prevalence. ![]() Highest standardized prevalence was observed among Asian patients (414 per 100,000). The most common age group diagnosed with alopecia was aged 30 to 39 (297 per 100,000) and aged 40 to 49 (270 per 100,000). Age-standardized prevalence ratio in women to men was 1.32. Age and sex standardized occurrence among adults, children, and adolescents were observed to be 0.18% and 0.10%. Cases of AT and AU made up approximately 9% of patients diagnosed with AA. More than 65% of AA cases were female (n=1216) and more than 30% were male (n=33%). The study showed 1812 of the 1,093,176 eligible patients had at least one code for AA. Statistical analysis was performed in 2022 to look for AA, AT, and AU codes in health records. Records showed health care administered to children, adolescents, and adults across 4 US census regions in 2019. Researchers studied electronic records from the Explorys database, also known as Watson Health and IBM Corporation. 1 Before this study, alopecia prevalence among racial and ethnic subgroups in the US were not well-established. A recent US study shows people of color, especially Asian Americans, are more likely to have alopecia areata (AA), alopecia totalis (AT), and alopecia universalis (AU).
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