Lou Portero

Urban Health Today

According to a survey published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, adults with vitiligo may be more likely to have experienced both autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions.
Dr. Khaled Ezzedine and colleagues undertook this study to identify the occurrence of autoimmune/autoinflammatory and/or non-autoimmune comorbid conditions in patients with vitiligo.
For this study, the researchers conducted an online survey. First, they selected adult participants representing the US Census population from 2017. The participants were divided into three groups based on screening questions: those diagnosed with vitiligo, those with undiagnosed vitiligo, and those without vitiligo. The researchers provided a list of twenty-one non-autoimmune conditions and thirteen autoimmune/autoinflammatory conditions to study participants.
Study results revealed that individuals with vitiligo had a significantly higher risk of having at least one autoimmune or autoinflammatory condition than those without vitiligo. Specifically, the vitiligo group had a 2.6 times greater prevalence of such diseases.
The researchers also found that individuals diagnosed with vitiligo had a higher chance of having certain autoimmune conditions than those without the disease. Specifically, those with vitiligo were more likely to have psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis than the non-vitiligo group. In addition, the vitiligo group was found to have a higher percentage of nineteen out of the twenty-one non-autoimmune conditions than the non-vitiligo group.
The researchers concluded that since vitiligo patients were more likely to have these additional conditions, doctors should pay more attention to these possibilities during routine check-ups.
“Multidisciplinary consultations with other specialties may be beneficial and discussed with patients,” they wrote. “Because the study relied on participant recall, future studies should be conducted to confirm vitiligo’s association with these conditions using International Classification of Diseases diagnosis codes.”
  
Source:<a href="https://www.hcplive.com/view/autoinflammatory-non-autoimmune-comorbidities-more-common-vitiligo"> HCPLive</a>

According to a survey published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, adults with vitiligo may be more likely to have experienced both autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions.Dr. Khaled Ezzedine and colleagues undertook this study to identify the occurrence of autoimmune/autoinflammatory and/or non-autoimmune comorbid conditions in patients with vitiligo.For this study, the researchers conducted an online survey. First, they selected adult participants representing the US Census population from 2017. The participants were divided into three groups based on screening questions: those diagnosed with vitiligo, those with undiagnosed vitiligo, and those without vitiligo. The researchers provided a list of twenty-one non-autoimmune conditions and thirteen autoimmune/autoinflammatory conditions to study participants.Study results revealed that individuals with vitiligo had a significantly higher risk of having at least one autoimmune or autoinflammatory condition than those without vitiligo. Specifically, the vitiligo group had a 2.6 times greater prevalence of such diseases.The researchers also found that individuals diagnosed with vitiligo had a higher chance of having certain autoimmune conditions than those without the disease. Specifically, those with vitiligo were more likely to have psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis than the non-vitiligo group. In addition, the vitiligo group was found to have a higher percentage of nineteen out of the twenty-one non-autoimmune conditions than the non-vitiligo group.The researchers concluded that since vitiligo patients were more likely to have these additional conditions, doctors should pay more attention to these possibilities during routine check-ups.“Multidisciplinary consultations with other specialties may be beneficial and discussed with patients,” they wrote. “Because the study relied on participant recall, future studies should be conducted to confirm vitiligo’s association with these conditions using International Classification of Diseases diagnosis codes.”  Source:<a href="https://www.hcplive.com/view/autoinflammatory-non-autoimmune-comorbidities-more-common-vitiligo"> HCPLive</a>

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Higher Prevalence of Autoinflammatory and Non-Autoimmune Comorbidities in  People With Vitiligo