Connective tissue disease in southeastern Georgia: a case-control study of etiologic factors

Am J Epidemiol. 1989 Aug;130(2):404-9. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115348.

Abstract

The authors conducted a population-based case-control study of connective tissue disease in a four-county area in southeastern Georgia. Interviews with 44 cases and 88 controls were conducted in September and October of 1986. The association with a family history of these disorders was reconfirmed, and a positive association with the use of hair dyes was found. A negative association was found with a family history of diabetes mellitus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amines / metabolism
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / epidemiology
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / etiology*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Female
  • Georgia
  • Hair Dyes / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / epidemiology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / etiology
  • Myositis / epidemiology
  • Myositis / etiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / epidemiology
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / etiology

Substances

  • Amines
  • Hair Dyes