Table 2.
Type of autoimmune disease first identified among study subjects
| Research-identified ASD cases | Age- and- sex-matched referents | |||
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| Autoimmune disease | Females (N=19) | Males (N=36) | Females (N=25) | Males (N=34) |
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| Diabetes Mellitus | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| Crohn’s disease | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ulcerative colitis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Autoimmune hepatitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Celiac disease | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Psoriasis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Alopecia Areata | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Vitiligo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lupus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scleroderma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Autoimmune anemia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Autoimmune thyroiditis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Graves’ disease | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dermatomyositis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |