Editing Malar rash (section)

== Epidemiology ==
A malar rash is present in approximately 46–65% of people with lupus,<ref name="Houman2004" /><ref name=":2" /> with an average of 57% of lupus patients having it across all populations.<ref name=":1" /> This percentage varies between different populations.<ref name="Houman2004">{{cite journal | vauthors = Houman MH, Smiti-Khanfir M, Ben Ghorbell I, Miled M | title = Systemic lupus erythematosus in Tunisia: demographic and clinical analysis of 100 patients | journal = Lupus | volume = 13 | issue = 3 | pages = 204–11 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15119551 | doi = 10.1191/0961203303lu530xx | s2cid = 30569636 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite journal | vauthors = Vilá LM, Alarcón GS, McGwin G, Friedman AW, Baethge BA, Bastian HM, Fessler BJ, Reveille JD | display-authors = 6 | title = Early clinical manifestations, disease activity and damage of systemic lupus erythematosus among two distinct US Hispanic subpopulations | journal = Rheumatology | volume = 43 | issue = 3 | pages = 358–63 | date = March 2004 | pmid = 14623949 | doi = 10.1093/rheumatology/keh048 | doi-access = free }}</ref>