Risk of inflammatory bowel disease in patients with rosacea: results from a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan
CY Wu, YT Chang, CK Juan, JJ Shieh, YP Lin… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background A link between rosacea and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been
proposed with unknown mechanisms. Epidemiologic evidence of this association needs to
be examined. Methods In this nationwide cohort study, a total of 89,356 patients with
rosacea and 178,712 matched patients without rosacea between 1997 and 2013 were
identified in the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database. Cumulative
incidences of IBD were compared between these 2 cohorts. Frailty Cox proportional hazard …
proposed with unknown mechanisms. Epidemiologic evidence of this association needs to
be examined. Methods In this nationwide cohort study, a total of 89,356 patients with
rosacea and 178,712 matched patients without rosacea between 1997 and 2013 were
identified in the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database. Cumulative
incidences of IBD were compared between these 2 cohorts. Frailty Cox proportional hazard …