Natural History of Keloids: A Sociodemographic Analysis Using Structured and Unstructured Data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Keloids are lesions characterized by the growth of dense fibrous tissue extending beyond original wound boundaries. Research into the natural history of keloids and potential differences by sociodemographic factors in the USA is limited. This real-world, retrospective cohort study aimed to characterize a population of patients with keloids compared with matched dermatology and general cohorts.

Methods

Patients with ≥ 2 International Classification of Diseases codes for keloid ≥ 30 days apart and a confirmed keloid diagnosis from clinical notes enrolled in the OM1 Real-World Data Cloud between 1 January 2013 and 18 March 2022 were age- and sex-matched 1:1:1 to patients without keloids who visited dermatologists ("dermatology cohort") and those who did not ("gener

SUBMITTER: Swenson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828254 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature