Prescription medication use and antinuclear antibodies in the United States, 1999-2004.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical reports link specific medications with the development of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), but population-based evidence is limited.

Objective

The present study investigated associations between prescription medication use and ANA in a representative sample of the adult noninstitutionalized US population, first focusing on medications previously related to ANA and then considering all medications reported in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Methods

Based on NHANES data (1999-2004) for 3608 adults (ages ≥18 years), we estimated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess associations between recent medication use and ANA (overall and in sex and age subgroups), adjusted for potential confounders and the s

SUBMITTER: Dinse GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6054905 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature