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Table 3 Prevalence of different autoimmune diseases among relatives of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

From: The autoimmune burden in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Disease

N° of first degree relatives

Sex F %

N° of second degree relatives

Sex F %

AITD

11

100%

11

90.9%

Psoriasis

10

40%

10

60%

Rheumatoid arthritis

3

33,3%

5

80%

Vitiligo

2

50%

2

50%

Alopecia

2

100%

1

100%

JIA

1

100%

2 + 1*

0%

SLE

1

100%

0

 

IBD

0

 

1 URC

100%

Others

1 Pemfigus

0%

1 Sjogren s.

100%

1 Systemic vasculitis

100%

1 Polyarteritis nodosa

100%

  1. Different disease were divided into first and second-degree relatives. Percentage of female sex individuals for each disease
  2. *+1 refers to one of the siblings suffering from JIA (1 male and 1 female)