Epidemiology of vitiligo and associated autoimmune diseases in Caucasian probands and their families.

By A. Alkhateeb, P. Fain, A. Thody, D. Bennett, R. Spritz. Pigment Cell Research, 2003

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Vitiligo: a comprehensive overview Part I. Introduction, epidemiology, quality of life, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, associations, histopathology, etiology, and work-up. (2011, neutral): “Among vitiligo patients, 20% report thyroid disease (an 8-fold increase over the general population), particularly hypothyroidism.(18) Similarly, there is an increased frequency in other forms of autoimmune disease and autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes (Table III).”
Recent Insights in the Epidemiology of Autoimmune Diseases: Improved Prevalence Estimates and Understanding of Clustering of Diseases (2009, background): “1.3)c Pernicious anemia 123 (2.4); 25 (0.9) 2.7 (1.7, 4.3)c SLE 28 (0.6); 7 (0.3) 2.2 (0.9, 5.9)c Vitiligo 35 (0.7); 12 (0.4) 1.6 (0.8, 3.3)c AITD 395 (7.9); 116 (4.3) 1.9 (1.5, 2.4)c MG 7 (0.1); 3 (0.1) 1.3 (0.3, 7.5)c ≥1 of above Not reported 1.1 (95% CI 0.86–1.2)c Weng[151] California, US Kaiser ”