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Risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in newly diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis patients: a population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Using 2003-2012 claims data from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database, we identified 30,911 newly diagnosed AS patients requiring medical therapy from 2006 to 2012. In addition, we randomly selected 309,110 non-AS individuals matching (1:10) the AS patients with regard to age, sex and the year of the index date. After excluding subjects with the corresponding prior IMIDs, we calculated the incidence rates (IRs) of various IMIDs in the AS and non-AS cohorts and estimated the hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals after adjusting for age, sex, the Charlson comorbidity index, the frequency of ambulatory visits during the follow-up period and medications. We conducted sensitivity analyses by excluding those who developed IMIDs within 3?months after the index date. RESULTS:In the follow-up period, we found that newly diagnosed AS patients had significantly increased risks of acute anterior uveitis, psoriasis, Sjögren's syndrome, thromboangiitis obliterans, Behcet's disease and sarcoidosis. However, the risk of Sjögren's syndrome did not increase in AS patients in the sensitivity analysis. In the same period, this study found no significant differences in the risks of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, pemphigus and vitiligo between newly diagnosed AS patients and non-AS individuals. AS patients had a significantly reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis. CONCLUSION:Newly diagnosed Taiwanese AS patients had increased risks of acute anterior uveitis, psoriasis, thromboangiitis obliterans, Behcet's disease and sarcoidosis, but a reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

SUBMITTER: Chen HH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716905 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in newly diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis patients: a population-based matched cohort study.

Chen Hsin-Hua HH Chao Wen-Cheng WC Chen Yi-Hsing YH Hsieh Tsu-Yi TY Lai Kuo-Lung KL Chen Yi-Ming YM Hung Wei-Ting WT Lin Ching-Tsai CT Tseng Chih-Wei CW Lin Ching-Heng CH

Arthritis research & therapy 20190829 1

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).<h4>Methods</h4>Using 2003-2012 claims data from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database, we identified 30,911 newly diagnosed AS patients requiring medical therapy from 2006 to 2012. In addition, we randomly selected 309,110 non-AS individuals matching (1:10) the AS patients with regard to age, sex and the year of the index date. After excludi ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundThe close relationship between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) has been supported by many aspects, including but not limited to clinical manifestations, epidemiology and pathogenesis. Some evidence suggests that immune cells actively participated in the pathogenesis of both diseases. However, information on which cells are primarily involved in this process and how these cells mobilize, migrate and interact is still limited.MethodsDatasets were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Common differentially expressed genes (coDEGs) were identified by package "limma". The protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) were used to analyze the interactions between coDEGs. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis and inverse cumulative distribution function were applied to identify common differential pathways, while Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) was used to confirm the significance. Correlation analysis between coDEGs and immune cells led to the identification of critical immune-cell-related coDEGs. The diagnostic models were established based on least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression, while receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to identify the ability of the model. Validation datasets were imported to demonstrate the significant association of coDEGs with specific immune cells and the capabilities of the diagnostic model.ResultsIn total, 67 genes were up-regulated and 185 genes were down-regulated in both diseases. Four down-regulated pathways and four up-regulated pathways were considered important. Up-regulated coDEGs were firmly associated with neutrophils, while down-regulated genes were significantly associated with CD8+ T-cells and CD4+ T-cells in both AS and IBD datasets. Five up-regulated and six down-regulated key immue-cell-related coDEGs were identified. Diagnostic models based on key immue-cell-related coDEGs were established and tested. Validation datasets confirmed the significance of the correlation between coDEGs and specific immune cells.ConclusionThis study provides fresh insights into the co-pathogenesis of AS and IBD. It is proposed that neutrophils and T cells may be actively involved in this process, however, in opposite ways. The immue-cell-related coDEGs, revealed in this study, may be relevant to their regulation, although relevant research is still lacking.

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Risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in newly diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis patients: a population-based matched cohort study.

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Risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in newly diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis patients: a population-based matched cohort study.

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