Eosinophilic esophagitis and risk of incident major adverse cardiovascular events: a nationwide matched cohort study. 2024

Anders Forss, and Amiko M Uchida, and Bjorn Roelstraete, and Fahim Ebrahimi, and John J Garber, and Johan Sundström, and Jonas F Ludvigsson
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. anders.forss@ki.se.

BACKGROUND Inflammatory diseases have been associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. However, data on incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) from large population-based cohorts of patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is lacking. METHODS This study included all Swedish adults with EoE without a record of previous cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1990-2017, N = 1546) with follow-up until 2019. Individuals with EoE were identified from prospectively recorded histopathology reports from all Swedish pathology departments (n = 28). EoE patients were matched at index date for age, sex, calendar year and county with up to five general population reference individuals (N = 7281) without EoE or CVD. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for MACE (ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke and cardiovascular mortality) were calculated using Cox proportional hazards models. Full sibling comparisons and adjustment for cardiovascular medication were performed. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 6.0 years, we observed 65 incident MACE in patients with EoE (6.4/1000 person-years (PY)) and 225 in reference individuals (4.7/1000 PY). EoE was not associated with a higher risk of MACE (aHR = 1.14, 95% CI = 0.86-1.51) or any of its components. No differences between age, sex and follow-up time were observed. The results remained stable in sensitivity analyses, including when adjusting for relevant cardiovascular medications and a full sibling comparison. CONCLUSIONS In this large population-based cohort study, patients with EoE had no increased risk of MACE compared to reference individuals and full siblings. The results are reassuring for patients with EoE.

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