Multiple Correspondence Analysis and HLA-Associations of Organ Involvement in a Large Cohort of African-American and European-American Patients with Sarcoidosis.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Ethical ApprovalInstitutional Review Board (IRB) approval was obtained prior to sample collection or data acquisition for each of the participating studies, namely “A Case Control Etiologic Study of Sarcoidosis (ACCESS) Group”, the “Sarcoidosis Genetic Analysis (SAGA) study”, and the “Henry Ford Family Study (HFFS)”. Informed ConsentInformed consent was obtained and enrollment was HIPAA-compliant and adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The data was shared with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) Sarcoidosis Genetic Studies (SGS) devoid of identifiers or Private Health Information with the approval and oversight of the OMRF IRB. Competing interests The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose."

"Funding This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [Grant Nos R01-HL113326, U54-GM104938, T32-AI07633]."