Table 2.
Organ manifestation reported by race
| Chinese (Han) | US (all) | Pc& | Black | White | Pc | |
| Lung * | 475 (98.8) | 393 (87.7) | <0.001 | 187 (88.8) | 204 (86.8) | NS§ |
| Neurologic | 6 (1.2) | 75 (14.4) | <0.001 | 38 (15.7) | 37 (13.4) | NS |
| Non-thoracic lymph node | 80 (16.6) | 74 (14.2) | NS | 28 (11.6) | 46 (16.6) | NS |
| Renal | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.1) | NS | 2 (0.8) | 4 (1.4) | NS |
| Cardiac | 1 (0.2) | 31 (6.0) | <0.001 | 11 (5.2) | 19 (8.1) | NS |
| Skin | 51 (10.6) | 124 (27.7) | <0.001 | 66 (31.3) | 58 (24.7) | NS |
| Eye | 30 (6.2) | 145 (32.4) | <0.001 | 83 (39.3) | 62 (26.4) | 0.015 |
| Liver | 7 (1.5) | 57 (10.9) | <0.001 | 31 (12.8) | 25 (9.0) | NS |
| Bone marrow | 1 (0.2) | 11 (2.1) | NS | 3 (1.2) | 8 (2.9) | NS |
| Spleen | 12 (2.5) | 35 (6.7) | 0.03 | 16 (6.6) | 19 (6.9) | NS |
| Bone/joint | 10 (2.1) | 20 (3.8) | NS | 5 (2.1) | 15 (5.4) | NS |
| Head/neck | 4 (0.8) | 22 (4.2) | 0.03 | 13 (5.4) | 9 (3.2) | NS |
| Parotid/ Salivary | 4 (0.8) | 6 (1.1) | NS | 1 (0.4) | 5 (1.8) | NS |
| Muscle | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | NS | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NS |
| Hypercalcemia/hypercalciuria | 115 (23.9) | 63 (14.1) | <0.001 | 16 (7.6) | 47 (20.0) | <0.001 |
*According to WASOG criteria, biopsy confirmed or at least one clinical condition was “at least probable” as representing sarcoidosis.
†Pc: P values were corrected multiple testing of disease manifestations (fifteen tested) according to Bonferroni’s correction.
§NS: no significant difference.