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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2010

Exposure to animals and risk of oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a multicenter case-control study.

Katja Radon, Doris Windstetter, David Poluda, Renate Häfner, Silke Thomas, Hartmut Michels, Erika von Mutius

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Review of environmental factors and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Katja RadonInstitute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Center of the University of Munich, Ziemssentsr, 1, 80336 Munich, Germany. Katja.Radon@med.lmu.de
Doris Windstetter
David Poluda
Renate Häfner
Silke Thomas
Hartmut Michels
Erika von Mutius
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn inverse association between early contact with microbial compounds and respiratory allergies is well established. The protective effect of infant contact with animals was also shown for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We aimed to test the association between animal contact in infancy and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (OA JIA).

methodsParents of children with OA JIA registered at the Hospital for Pediatric Rheumatology in Garmisch-Partenkirchen were asked to complete a questionnaire. Children who underwent strabismus surgery at six referral centers for ophthalmology served as controls. Children age 6 to 18 years born in Germany without malformations were included (238 cases; response 89% and 832 controls; response 86%). Data were analyzed using logistic regression models after adjusting for potential confounders.

resultsNeither place of living (urban vs. rural area), living on a farm, nor regular farm animal (adjusted odds ratio 0.79; 95% confidence interval 0.42-1.47) or pet contact (0.79; 0.55-1.14) during infancy were clearly related to case status. Allergic rhinitis was inversely related to OA JIA (0.57; 0.34-0.95).Neither place of living (urban vs. rural area), living on a farm, nor regular farm animal (adjusted odds ratio 0.79; 95% confidence interval 0.42-1.47) or pet contact (0.79; 0.55-1.14) during infancy were related to case status. Allergic rhinitis was inversely related to OA JIA (0.57; 0.34-0.95).

conclusionsContact with farm environments in infancy might not be associated with OA JIA. This finding is consistent with previous findings for diabetes mellitus type 1 but contradicts results for IBD and SLE.

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AdolescentAge FactorsAllergensAnimalsAnimals, DomesticArthritis, JuvenileCase-Control StudiesChildEnvironmental ExposureFemaleGermanyHumansHypersensitivityInfantInfant, NewbornMaleAllergensParticulate Matter

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PMID20403210
PMCPMC2873462
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