Gastrointestinal conditions in the multiple sclerosis prodrome

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate gastrointestinal (GI)-related physician visits and drug dispensations in the 5 years preceding a first recorded demyelinating event or multiple sclerosis (MS) onset.

METHODS: Using linked administrative and clinical data from British Columbia (1996-2013), Canada, we identified an administrative cohort via a validated algorithm (n = 6863), a clinical cohort diagnosed at a MS clinic (n = 966), and matched controls (administrative cohort: n = 31,865; clinical cohort: n = 4534). In each cohort, the 5 years before a first demyelinating event or MS symptom onset (i.e., index date) were examined. We compared rates of GI-related physician visits and risk of ≥1 GI-related dispensation between MS cases and controls using negative binomial and robust Poisson models. Sex differences were tested using interaction terms.

RESULTS: The administrative cohort MS cases had higher rates of physician visits related to gastritis and duodenitis (adjusted rate/risk ratio (aRR):1.42, 95% CI: 1.10-1.83) and diseases of the esophagus (aRR: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.06-2.02) prior to the index date. MS cases also had greater risk of at least one dispensation for several drug classes, including constipation-related (aRR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.50-2.22), antiemetics/antinauseants (aRR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.43-1.89), and propulsives (promotility drugs; aRR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.47-1.79). Men had a disproportionally higher relative risk for propulsives than women (aRR: men = 2.32, 95% CI: 1.79-3.00; women = 1.54, 95% CI: 1.36-1.72). Several findings were similar in the smaller clinical cohort though none reached statistical significance.

INTERPRETATION: GI-related physician visits and drug dispensations were more common in the 5 years before the first demyelinating event versus matched controls. GI symptoms are a measurable feature of the prodromal or early phase of MS, with a sex difference evident.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Annals of clinical and translational neurology - 11(2024), 1 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 185-193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yusuf, Fardowsa L A [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Charity [VerfasserIn]
Fisk, John D [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yinshan [VerfasserIn]
Marrie, Ruth A [VerfasserIn]
Tremlett, Helen [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 17.01.2024

Date Revised 21.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/acn3.51945

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NLM366063464