Yen Chieh-Tsung, Livneh Hanoch, Huang Hua-Lung, Lu Ming-Chi, Chen Wei-Jen, Tsai Tzung-Yi
Department of Neurology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi 62247, Taiwan.
Rehabilitation Counseling Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024 Jun 6;17(6):745. doi: 10.3390/ph17060745.
Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a long-lasting inflammatory autoimmune disease that may cause diverse manifestations, particularly osteoporosis. Though usage of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) can safely manage autoimmune disease and treatment-related symptoms, the relation between CHM use and osteoporosis risk in SS persons is not yet recognized. With that in mind, this population-level nested case-control study aimed to compare the risk of osteoporosis with and without CHM use. Potential subjects aged 20-70 years, diagnosed with SS between 2001 and 2010, were retrieved from a national health claims database. Those diagnosed with osteoporosis after SS were identified and randomly matched to those without osteoporosis. We capitalize on the conditional logistic regression to estimate osteoporosis risk following CHM use. A total of 1240 osteoporosis cases were detected and randomly matched to 1240 controls at a ratio of 1:1. Those receiving conventional care plus CHM had a substantially lower chance of osteoporosis than those without CHM. Prolonged use of CHM, especially for one year or more, markedly dwindled sequent osteoporosis risk by 71%. Integrating CHM into standard care may favor the improvement of bone function, but further well-designed randomized controlled trials to investigate the possible mechanism are needed.
干燥综合征(SS)是一种慢性炎症性自身免疫性疾病,可能会导致多种表现,尤其是骨质疏松症。虽然使用中药(CHM)可以安全地控制自身免疫性疾病及治疗相关症状,但中药使用与干燥综合征患者骨质疏松风险之间的关系尚未明确。考虑到这一点,这项基于人群的巢式病例对照研究旨在比较使用中药与未使用中药的骨质疏松风险。从国家健康保险数据库中检索出2001年至2010年间诊断为干燥综合征的20至70岁潜在受试者。确定那些在干燥综合征后被诊断为骨质疏松症的患者,并将其与未患骨质疏松症的患者进行随机匹配。我们利用条件逻辑回归来估计使用中药后的骨质疏松风险。共检测到1240例骨质疏松症病例,并以1:1的比例随机匹配1240名对照。接受常规护理加中药治疗的患者患骨质疏松症的几率明显低于未使用中药的患者。长期使用中药,尤其是使用一年或更长时间,可使后续骨质疏松风险显著降低71%。将中药纳入标准护理可能有助于改善骨功能,但需要进一步设计良好的随机对照试验来研究其可能的机制。
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