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AD Linked with Risk of Vitiligo, Alopecia Areata
Allergy; ePub 2017 Jan 19; Drucker, Thompson, et al
In a recent study of a large cohort of US women, atopic dermatitis (AD) was associated with increased risk of incident vitiligo and alopecia areata (AA) in adulthood. Researchers aimed to determine the risk of AA and vitiligo associated with AD using data from the Nurses’ Health Study II. They utilized logistic regression to calculate age- and multivariate-adjusted odds ratios to determine the risk of incident AA and vitiligo associated with AD diagnosed in or before 2009. A total of 87,406 and 87,447 participants were included in the AA and vitiligo analyses, respectively. They found:
- A history of AD in 2009 was reported in 11% of participants.
- There were 147 incident cases of AA and 98 incident cases of vitiligo over 2 years of follow-up.
- AD was associated with increased risk of developing AA and vitiligo in multivariate models.
Drucker AM, Thompson JM, Li W-Q, et al. Incident alopecia areata and vitiligo in adult women with atopic dermatitis: Nurses’ Health Study 2. [Published online ahead of print January 19, 2017]. Allergy. doi:10.1111/all.13128.