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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2009 Feb 2;71(2):243–250. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181907888

TABLE 2.

Autoimmune Disease Grouping by Immunopathology and Number of Cases Identified Through Hospital Discharge Records Between Baseline and December 31, 2005 Among 15,357 Adults by Sex: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study 1995 to 2005

Autoimmune Disease (ICD-9 Code) Target Organ, Tissue, or Receptor Number of Cases
Women Men Total
Autoimmune diseases associated with cell-mediated, Th1-type immunopathology and/ or increased incidence in males
 Idiopathic myocarditis (422.91) Heart 1 0 1
 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (515.0) Lung 11 23 34
 Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (250.01, 250.03, 250.13, 250.23, 250.41, 250.51, 250.61, 250.81) Pancreas 36 50 86
 Irritable bowel disease (556.0 to 556.9) Gut 3 9 12
 Wegner granulomatosis (446.4) Arteries 2 0 2
Autoimmune diseases with mixed Th1/ Th2 responses
 Pernicious anemia (281.0) Stomach 4 13 17
 Vitiligo (709.01) Skin 0 1 1
 Addison disease (255.4) Adrenal glands 5 4 9
 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (283.0) Red blood cells 3 6 9
 Psoriasis (696.0) Skin 7 6 13
 Celiac disease (579.0) Gut 3 6 9
 Multiple sclerosis (340.0) Nerves 12 5 17
Autoimmune diseases associated with antibody-mediated, Th2-type immunopathology and/or increased incidence in females (includes rheumatic diseases below)
 Graves' disease (242.0) Receptor 13 4 17
 Autoimmune thrombocytopenia purpura (287.0) Platelets 25 37 62
 Myasthenia gravis (358.0) Receptor 5 5 10
 Hashimoto's thyroiditis (245.2) Thyroid 8 0 8
Th2-type rheumatic diseases subgroup
 Scleroderma (710.1) Collagen 8 0 8
 Dermatomyositis (710.3) Muscle 1 1 2
 Systemic lupus erythematosus (710.0) Nucleus 26 4 30
 Sjogren disease (710.2) Glands 9 0 9
 Rheumatoid arthritis (714.0) Joints 48 22 70

ICD-9 = International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; Th1 = T-helper 1; Th2 = T-helper 2.

Among the 372 hospital records with any diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, 15% include more than one autoimmune disease.