Prevalence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) among healthy individuals with different nationalities in Qatar

Abstract

ANA can be often found in healthy individuals and in many autoimmune diseases. However, its prevalence in healthy individuals is not well investigated in Asia and MENA region. Therefore, aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of ANA among healthy individuals of different communities in Qatar. We hypothesized that ANA prevalence will be lower in nationalities with higher prevalence of infectious diseases