Racial Differences In Cutaneous Sarcoidosis

A substantial percentage of sarcoidosis patients experience cutaneous symptoms. Racial differences in systemic involvement, cutaneous presentation, and prognosis remain understudied. We conducted a retrospective chart review from a population-based sample of 240 patients diagnosed with cutaneous sarcoidosis at the Johns Hopkins Hospital aged 18+ from 2015-2020. Multiple logistic regressions were conducted to assess differences in disease characteristics by race after adjusting for insurance type, age at diagnosis, and sex. More black patients than white patients had cutaneous sarcoidosis (B=183, W=47). Compared to white patients, black patients were more likely to be female (F=75.4%, M=24.6%, p=.005), were diagnosed earlier (B=41.7, W=49.8, p