Atopic dermatitis is not independently associated with nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke among US women.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to determine the association between atopic dermatitis (AD) and cardiovascular events in the Nurses' Health Study 2, a cohort of US women. We used logistic regression models to calculate age- and multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations between history of AD and nonfatal MI and nonfatal stroke. Of the 78 702 participants in our analysis, 7916 (10%) had a history of AD. There were 392 and 391 cases of nonfatal MI and stroke, respectively. AD was not associated with MI in age- or multivariate-adjusted analyses. AD was significantly associated with stroke in the age-adjusted analysis (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.03-1.85). This was no longer significant in multivariate models that adjusted for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes (

SUBMITTER: Drucker AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5023476 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature