Disease characteristics in adult-onset dermatomyositis are associated with neighborhood-level area deprivation index

Saloni Patel; Ruchita Kothari; Maria Kaltchenko; Anjana Srikumar; Joy Wan; Jun Kang

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.015

Disease characteristics in adult-onset dermatomyositis are associated with neighborhood-level area deprivation index

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Dec;93(6):1578-1581. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.015. Epub 2025 Aug 16.

Authors

Saloni Patel¹, Ruchita Kothari¹, Maria Kaltchenko¹, Anjana Srikumar¹, Joy Wan¹, Jun Kang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: jkang60@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 40825397
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2025.08.015

No abstract available

Keywords: area deprivation; comorbidities; dermatomyositis; disease severity; outcomes; race; skin of color; social determinants of health; socioeconomic disadvantage.