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ArticleImmunologic research2020

Patients with pemphigus are at an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: a large-scale cohort study.

Khalaf Kridin, Virginia A Jones, Payal M Patel, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Christoph M Hammers, Giovanni Damiani, Kyle T Amber, Arnon D Cohen

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Article in Immunologic research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Epidemiology of Pemphigus.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2021
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Khalaf KridinLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany. Dr_kridin@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-9971-9151
Virginia A JonesDepartment of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Payal M PatelDepartment of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Shira Zelber-SagiUniversity of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Christoph M HammersLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.
Giovanni DamianiClinical Dermatology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, 20161, Milan, Italy.
Kyle T AmberDepartment of Dermatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Arnon D CohenClalit Health Services, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Lübeck · DEClalit Health Services · ILIstituto Ortopedico Galeazzi · ITUniversity of Haifa · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data regarding the association between pemphigus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is inconclusive and yet to be firmly established. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the risk of developing RA during the course of pemphigus. A large-scale population-based longitudinal cohort study was conducted to evaluate the hazard ratio (HR) of RA among 1985 patients with pemphigus relative to 9874 age-, sex-, and ethnicity-matched control subjects. A multivariate Cox regression model was utilized. The incidence of RA was 1.07 (95% CI, 0.62-1.72) and 0.36 (95% CI, 0.24-0.52) per 1000 person-years among patients with pemphigus and controls, respectively. The lifetime prevalence of RA was 2.3% (95% CI, 1.7-3.1%) among cases and 1.8% (95% CI, 1.5-2.0%) among controls. Patients with pemphigus were more than twice as likely to develop RA as compared to control subjects (adjusted HR, 2.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-4.92). The increased risk was robust to a sensitivity analysis that included only cases managed by pemphigus-related systemic medications (adjusted HR, 2.56; 95% CI, 1.30-5.05). In conclusion, pemphigus is associated with an increased risk of RA. Physicians treating patients with pemphigus should be aware of this possible association. Further research is required to better understand the mechanism underlying this association.

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Disease SusceptibilityAdolescentArthritis, RheumatoidChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesComorbidityFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMalePemphigusProportional Hazards ModelsPublic Health SurveillanceCohort studyPemphigusRheumatoid arthritis

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PMCPMC7674560
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