Incident allergic diseases in post-COVID-19 condition : multinational cohort studies from South Korea, Japan and the UK

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As mounting evidence suggests a higher incidence of adverse consequences, such as disruption of the immune system, among patients with a history of COVID-19, we aimed to investigate post-COVID-19 conditions on a comprehensive set of allergic diseases including asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and food allergy. We used nationwide claims-based cohorts in South Korea (K-CoV-N; n = 836,164; main cohort) and Japan (JMDC; n = 2,541,021; replication cohort A) and the UK Biobank cohort (UKB; n = 325,843; replication cohort B) after 1:5 propensity score matching. Among the 836,164 individuals in the main cohort (mean age, 50.25 years [SD, 13.86]; 372,914 [44.6%] women), 147,824 were infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the follow-up period (2020-2021). The risk of developing allergic diseases, beyond the first 30 days of diagnosis of COVID-19, significantly increased (HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.13-1.27), notably in asthma (HR, 2.25; 95% CI, 1.80-2.83) and allergic rhinitis (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.15-1.32). This risk gradually decreased over time, but it persisted throughout the follow-up period (≥6 months). In addition, the risk increased with increasing severity of COVID-19. Notably, COVID-19 vaccination of at least two doses had a protective effect against subsequent allergic diseases (HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.68-0.96). Similar findings were reported in the replication cohorts A and B. Although the potential for misclassification of pre-existing allergic conditions as incident diseases remains a limitation, ethnic diversity for evidence of incident allergic diseases in post-COVID-19 condition has been validated by utilizing multinational and independent population-based cohorts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 15(2024), 1 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 2830

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oh, Jiyeon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Myeongcheol [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Minji [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyeon Jin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seung Won [VerfasserIn]
Rhee, Sang Youl [VerfasserIn]
Koyanagi, Ai [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Min Seo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hayeon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jinseok [VerfasserIn]
Yon, Dong Keon [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19 Vaccines
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Date Completed 04.04.2024

Date Revised 05.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-024-47176-w

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NLM370549805