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Outi Varpuluoma, Anna-Kaisa Försti, Jari Jokelainen, Miia Turpeinen, Markku Timonen, Kaisa Tasanen, Laura Huilaja, Oral diabetes medications other than dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors are not associated with bullous pemphigoid: A Finnish nationwide case-control study, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Volume 79, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1034-1038.e5, ISSN 0190-9622, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.05.030

Oral diabetes medications other than dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors are not associated with bullous pemphigoid : a Finnish nationwide case-control study

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Author: Varpuluoma, Outi1,2,3; Försti, Anna-Kaisa1,2,3; Jokelainen, Jari4,5;
Organizations: 1PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
2Department of Dermatology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
3Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
4Unit of General Practice, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
5Center for Life Course Epidemiology and Systems Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
6Administration Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
7Research Unit of Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Format: article
Version: accepted version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019050214033
Language: English
Published: Elsevier, 2018
Publish Date: 2019-05-25
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Abstract

Background: Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4is) used to treat diabetes have been reported to be associated with an increased risk of bullous pemphigoid (BP). There are no previous reports analyzing the risk of BP in patients who are using other diabetes medications.

Objective: To evaluate the association between diabetes medications other than DPP4i and development of BP.

Methods: We investigated the prevalence of diabetes among patients with BP and the association between the use of diabetes drugs (excluding DPP4i, metformin, and insulin) and BP by analyzing national Finnish registry data for 3397 patients with BP and 12,941 patients with basal cell carcinoma as controls.

Results: Our results show that 19.6% of patients with BP have type 2 diabetes. Use of none of the investigated medications was associated with an increased risk of BP.

Limitations: Because this was a registry-based study, it was not possible to verify the accuracy of the diagnoses. The risk of BP in users of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists could not be analyzed.

Conclusion: Our study shows that the investigated diabetes drugs are not associated with an increased risk of BP in a Finnish patient database, indicating they can be safely used in this population. Generalization of these results to other populations will require further study.

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Series: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
ISSN: 0190-9622
ISSN-E: 1097-6787
ISSN-L: 0190-9622
Volume: 79
Issue: 6
Pages: 1034 - 1038.e5
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.05.030
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.05.030
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine
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