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. 2024 May 10;11(4):e200255. doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200255

Figure. Incidence of Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis by Race/Ethnicity and Sex.

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This graph shows the annual incidence rates (indicated by the number above each bar) and 95% confidence intervals of anti-NMDAR encephalitis standardized by age and sex (total) or age alone (female, male) to the 2020 US Census in Black (in black), Asian/Pacific Islander (PI) (in gray), Hispanic (in dots), and White (in white) persons by sex. The overall increased incidence of NMDAR in Black, Asian/PI, and Hispanic individuals compared with White individuals is driven by a significantly higher incidence in Black (4.84, 95% CI 1.81–7.86), Asian/PI (3.17, 95% CI 0.97–5.37), and Hispanic (2.51, 95% CI 1.52–3.49) female individuals compared with White female individuals (0.25, 95% CI 0.00–0.60). The age-standardized incidence was highest in Hispanic male individuals (1.85, 95% CI 0.97–2.73) and lowest in White male individuals (0.94, 95% CI 0.01–1.06), but this difference did not reach statistical significance.