Increased risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis in patients with Systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological study shows inconsistent results in the association between endometriosis and Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study and analyzed data from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Research Database 2000 (n = 958,349) over a 13-year follow-up period (2000-2013). After matching 1930 SLE women with 7720 non-SLE women in a 1:4 ratio by age, we used Cox proportional hazard regression to calculate the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for endometriosis diagnosed after SLE. We also used a diagnosis of endometriosis with previous gynecologic surgery codes as secondary outcomes and performed sensitivity analyses using a landmark analysis. After adjustment for age, urbanization, income, length of hospital stay, and comorbidities in the age

SUBMITTER: Sun YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349269 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature