Higher Risk for Sjogren's Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Clinically, associations have been observed between Sjögren's syndrome and fibromyalgia. Nonetheless, population-based evidence evaluating the risk of Sjögren's syndrome in fibromyalgia patients is lacking. The main purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to determine the association between fibromyalgia and subsequent development of Sjögren's syndrome.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study extracted data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) of the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI). During 2000-2012, patients with newly-diagnosed fibromyalgia (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code 729.1) were defined as the exposure cohort. Age- and gender-matched individuals without fibromyalgia were u

SUBMITTER: Gau SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8072264 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature