Relationship Between the Use of Chinese Herbal Medicines and Sjogren Syndrome Risk Among Women with Menopause: a Retrospective Cohort Study
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Menopause-The Journal of the North American Menopause Society
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Citation
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
Objective: Menopausal women appear to report a higher risk of Sjögren syndrome (SS). Although Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) are proven to lower SS risk, the scientific evidence of whether it can lessen the occurrence of SS among menopausal women is limited. This longitudinal cohort study aimed to clarify the relationship between CHMs use and SS risk in menopausal women. Methods: Using a nationwide claims data, we enrolled 31,917 women with first-time diagnosed menopause who simultaneously were free of SS between 2000 and 2007. Among them, we randomly selected 12,757 CHMs users and 12,757 non-CHMs users using propensity scores matching. All participants were followed until the end of 2012 to record SS incidence. The hazard ratio of SS with regard to CHMs use was estimated using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: In the follow-up period, 589 CHMs users and 644 non-CHMs users developed SS, representing incidence rates of 5.12 and 6.40, respectively, per 1,000 person-years. CHMs use was associated with a 21% lower subsequent risk of SS (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.71-0.89). Six commonly prescribed CHMs were discovered to be associated with lower SS risk: Ge-Gen-Tang, Zhi-Gan-Cao-Tag, Da-Huang, Ye-Jiao-Teng, Tian-Hua-Fen, and Bo-Zi-Ren. Conclusions: A statistically significant association was found between CHMs use and lower risk of SS onset in menopausal women, suggesting that CHMs could be considered to integrate it into conventional therapy to reduce subsequent SS risk for menopausal women.
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DOI
10.1097/GME.0000000000001640
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39013
Citation Details
Chung, Y.-J., Wei, C.-K., Livneh, H., Lai, N.-S., Lu, M.-C., Liao, H.-H., & Tsai, T.-Y. (2021). Relationship between the use of Chinese herbal medicines and Sjögren syndrome risk among women with menopause: a retrospective cohort study. Menopause, 28(1), 58–64. https://doi.org/10.1097/gme.0000000000001640