• Am. J. Med. Sci. · Jun 2024

    Paget Disease of Bone in a Southeastern Veteran Population.

    • Mariana Urquiaga and Angelo Gaffo.
    • Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Electronic address: Muchanganaqui@uabmc.edu.
    • Am. J. Med. Sci. 2024 Jun 1; 367 (6): 357362357-362.

    BackgroundPaget disease of bone (PDB) is a disorder of accelerated bone remodeling resulting in bone overgrowth and impaired integrity that traditionally is described to be more frequent in individuals of European descent. Based on clinical observation, we hypothesized that among the US Southeastern Veteran population, the disease is more common among African American patients.Materials And MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study using the Veterans Affairs' Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) and review of electronic medical records (EMR). Using the CDW, we identified patients from the Birmingham VA Medical Center (BVAMC) with an International Classification of Diseases code for PDB between January 2000 and December 2020. We extracted their self-reported race from the CDW and determined the proportion of African American patients, which we compared to the proportion of White patients. As a secondary goal, we extracted relevant clinical characteristics from the EMR. The statistical analysis was done using Stata/SE 14.2 for Mac.ResultsWe identified 285 individuals from the BVAMC with PDB between January 2000 and December 2020. The proportion of African American patients was significantly higher than White patients (0.51 vs. 0.4, p = 0.0036). African American patients presented at a younger age than their peers (mean[standard deviation] age at diagnosis: 64.6[11.6] vs. 70.1[10.7] years, p = 0.0009) but did not have higher alkaline phosphatase levels, higher proportion of polyostotic disease, or of symptoms and complications.ConclusionsIn the BVAMC population, PDB is more common among African American patients than White patients. Our findings and other publications hint at the existence of a cluster of PDB among the African American population in the US Southeast.Copyright © 2024 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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