Anamaria Brailean, Justin Kwiatek, Danuta Kielar, Rohit Katial, Xia Wang, Xiao Xu, Yong Jin Kim, Michael Stokes, Heide A Stirnadel-Farrant
PURPOSE: The epidemiology of eosinophil-associated diseases (EADs) is not yet fully understood. While some studies have been conducted on stand-alone eosinophilic diseases, there is scarce evidence on the degree of overlap among rarer conditions. METHODS: The retrospective Real-world inVestigation of Eosinophilic-Associated disease overLap (REVEAL) study used data from the Optum® Clinformatics® insurance claims database to describe and characterize disease overlap among 11 EADs: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, atopic dermatitis, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, eosinophilic gastritis/gastroenteritis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, bullous pemphigoid, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, chronic spontaneous urticaria, and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis...
September 2023: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research