TY - JOUR
T1 - Comorbidity profiles among patients with ankylosing spondylitis
T2 - A nationwide population-based study
AU - Kang, Jiunn Horng
AU - Chen, Yi Hua
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic inflammatory disease that can result in chronic pain and disability. This study aimed to analyse the prevalence and risk of medical comorbidities in patients with AS compared with the general population. Methods: 11 701 patients with AS and 58 505 matching controls were selected for analysis from the National Health Insurance Research Dataset (NHIRD) in Taiwan. The Elixhauser comorbidity index was used for selecting medical comorbidities. Pearson χ2 tests and conditional logistic regression a nalyses were performed to examine the prevalence and risk of comorbidities between these two groups. Results: Patients with AS were at increased risk for multiple systemic comorbidities including cardiovascular, neurological, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, haematological and mental illness. The most prevalent comorbidities in patients with AS were hypertension (16.4%), peptic ulcers (13.9%) and headaches (10.2%). Conclusion: The results show that patients with AS have a higher prevalence of multiple comorbidities than the general population in Taiwan. These findings are consistent with previous studies done in Western populations. The results could be useful for both the clinical management of patients with AS and for researching the underlying pathological mechanisms.
AB - Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic inflammatory disease that can result in chronic pain and disability. This study aimed to analyse the prevalence and risk of medical comorbidities in patients with AS compared with the general population. Methods: 11 701 patients with AS and 58 505 matching controls were selected for analysis from the National Health Insurance Research Dataset (NHIRD) in Taiwan. The Elixhauser comorbidity index was used for selecting medical comorbidities. Pearson χ2 tests and conditional logistic regression a nalyses were performed to examine the prevalence and risk of comorbidities between these two groups. Results: Patients with AS were at increased risk for multiple systemic comorbidities including cardiovascular, neurological, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, haematological and mental illness. The most prevalent comorbidities in patients with AS were hypertension (16.4%), peptic ulcers (13.9%) and headaches (10.2%). Conclusion: The results show that patients with AS have a higher prevalence of multiple comorbidities than the general population in Taiwan. These findings are consistent with previous studies done in Western populations. The results could be useful for both the clinical management of patients with AS and for researching the underlying pathological mechanisms.
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U2 - 10.1136/ard.2009.116178
DO - 10.1136/ard.2009.116178
M3 - Article
C2 - 20375121
AN - SCOPUS:77953694951
SN - 0003-4967
VL - 69
SP - 1165
EP - 1168
JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
IS - 6
ER -