Highest prevalence of this disease

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A 38-year-old man with several finger amputations presents to you. He smokes cigarettes. Today, he is presenting to you with the chief complaint of new-onset gangrene of his left foot. This finding is consistent with thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease). What racial/ethnic group has the highest prevalence of this disease?

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