; Baurecht, Hansjörg
; Hotze, Melanie ; Fölster-Holst, Regina ; Rodríguez, Elke ; Lee, Young A. E. ; Franke, Andre
; Degenhardt, Frauke ; Lieb, Wolfgang ; Gieger, Christian
; Kabesch, Michael ; Nöthen, Markus M. ; Irvine, Alan D.
; McLean, W. H. Irwin ; Deckert, Stefanie ; Stephan, Victoria ; Schwarz, Peter
; Aringer, Martin
; Novak, Natalija ; Weidinger, Stephan 
| Item type: | Article | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | ||||
| Publisher: | MOSBY-ELSEVIER | ||||
| Place of Publication: | NEW YORK | ||||
| Volume: | 137 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 130-136 | ||||
| Date: | 2016 | ||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin | ||||
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| Keywords: | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; GERMAN HEALTH INTERVIEW; SECONDARY DATA-ANALYSIS; SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI; ULCERATIVE-COLITIS; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; CROHNS-DISEASE; MENTAL-HEALTH; ADULTS DEGS1; BIRTH COHORT; Atopic dermatitis; cohort study; epidemiology; inflammatory bowel disease; rheumatoid arthritis; type 1 diabetes | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 41806 |
Abstract
Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by epidermal barrier failure and immune-mediated inflammation. Evidence on AD as a potential risk factor for inflammatory comorbidities is scarce. Objectives: We sought to test the hypothesis that prevalent AD is a risk factor for incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; Crohn disease [CD], ulcerative colitis [UC]) ...

Abstract
Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by epidermal barrier failure and immune-mediated inflammation. Evidence on AD as a potential risk factor for inflammatory comorbidities is scarce. Objectives: We sought to test the hypothesis that prevalent AD is a risk factor for incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; Crohn disease [CD], ulcerative colitis [UC]) and is inversely related to type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to investigate established RA, IBD, and T1D susceptibility loci in AD. Methods: This cohort study used data from German National Health Insurance beneficiaries aged 40 years or younger (n = 655,815) from 2005 through 2011. Prevalent AD in the period 2005 to 2006 was defined as primary exposure, and incident RA, IBD, and T1D in the period 2007 to 2011 were defined as primary outcomes. Risk ratios were calculated with generalized linear models. Established RA, IBD, and T1D loci were explored in high-density genotyping data from 2,425 cases with AD and 5,449 controls. Results: Patients with AD (n = 49,847) were at increased risk for incident RA (risk ratio [RR], 1.72; 95% CI, 1.25-2.37) and/or IBD (CD: RR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.11-1.61; UC: RR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.03-1.53). After adjusting for health care utilization, there was a nominally significant inverse effect on T1D risk (RR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.53-0.998). There was no disproportionate occurrence of known RA, CD, UC, or T1D risk alleles in AD. Conclusions: AD is a risk factor for the development of RA and IBD. This excess comorbidity cannot be attributed to major known IBD and RA genetic risk factors.
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