Risks for comorbidity in children with atopic disorders: an observational study in Dutch general practices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate both atopic and non-atopic comorbid symptoms and diseases in children with physician-diagnosed atopic disorders (atopic eczema, asthma and allergic rhinitis).

Methods

All children aged 0-18 years listed in a nationwide primary care database (the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research-Primary Care Database) with routinely collected healthcare data in 2014 were selected. Children with atopic disorders were matched on age and gender with non-atopic controls within the same general practice. A total of 404 International Classification of Primary Care codes were examined. Logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations between the presence of atopic disorders and (non-)atopic symptoms and diseases by ca

SUBMITTER: Pols DHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695444 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature