Atopic eczema in adulthood and mortality: UK population-based cohort study, 1998-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atopic eczema affects up to 10% of adults and is becoming more common globally. Few studies have assessed whether atopic eczema increases the risk of death.

Objective

We aimed to determine whether adults with atopic eczema were at increased risk of death overall and by specific causes and to assess whether the risk varied by atopic eczema severity and activity.

Methods

The study was a population-based matched cohort study using UK primary care electronic health care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink with linked hospitalization data from Hospital Episode Statistics and mortality data from the Office for National Statistics from 1998 to 2016.

Results

A total of 526,736 patients with atopic eczema were matched to 2,567,872 individuals

SUBMITTER: Silverwood RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098860 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature