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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Dermatol. 2014 Feb;170(2):315–321. doi: 10.1111/bjd.12653

Table 2.

Distribution of CLE Subtypes by Ethnicity

African American n(%) Caucasian n(%) Asian n(%) Other n(%)
SCLE (n=59) 0(0.0) 57(96.6) 1 (1.7) 1(1.7)
ACLE (n=16) 5(31.2) 8(50.0) 1(6.3) 2(12.5)
CCLE (n=135) 59(43.7) 66(48.9) 7(5.2) 3(9.8)
    Generalized DLE (n=47) 23(48.9) 17(36.2) 4(8.5) 5(10.6)
    Localized DLE (n=54) 27(50.0) 25(44.4) 2(3.7) 0(0.0)
    Tumid LE (n=19) 3(15.8) 15(78.9) 1(5.2) 0(0.0)
    LE Panniculitis (n=3) 1(33.3) 2(66.7) 0(0.0) 0(0.0)
    Overlap (n=8) 3(37.5) 5(62.5) 0(0.0) 0(0.0)
    Chillblain LE (n=4) 2(50.0) 2(50) 0(0.0) 0(0.0)
SLE (n=11) 1(9.1) 10(90.9) 0(0.0) 0 (0.0)

Almost all patients with Subacute Cutaneous Lupus (SCLE) were Caucasian. While there was majority of Caucasians seen in the subtypes of CLE, there was a predominance of African Americans in the DLE population.