 [ Symptoms ] who gets lupus [ Disease ] anyone can get lupus but 9 out of 10 people who have it are women african american women are three times more likely to get lupus than white women it is also more common in hispaniclatino asian and american indian women both african americans and hispanicslatinos tend to develop lupus at a younger age and have more symptoms at diagnosis including kidney problems they also tend to have more severe disease than whites for example african american patients have more seizures and strokes while hispaniclatino patients have more heart problems