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Increased Acquired Cholesteatoma Risk in Patients with Osteoporosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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  • Tang-Chuan Wang
  • Che-Chen Lin
  • Chia-Der Lin
  • Hsiung-Kwang Chung
  • Ching-Yuang Wang
  • Ming-Hsui Tsai
  • Chia-Hung Kao

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Objective: Clinically, we found the increased incidence of acquired colesteatoma in the patients with osteoporosis. In this study, we used a retrospective cohort to examine this association and to investigate the possible mechanism. Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study by using the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). We identified an osteoporosis cohort comprising 37 124 patients newly diagnosed with osteoporosis aged 20 years or older. Patients in the comparison cohort had no history of osteoporosis and were frequency matched with the patients in the osteoporosis cohort according to sex, age, and index year. Results: The acquired cholesteatoma incidence rates for the osteoporosis and comparison cohorts were 1.12 and 0.83 per 1000 person-years, respectively. After we adjusted for confounding factors, the osteoporosis cohort exhibited a 1.32-fold increased acquired cholesteatoma risk relative to the comparison cohort (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.11–1.57). In addition, patients with no history of otitis media (HR = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.11–1.59), cancer (HR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.12–1.60), or COPD (HR = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.05–1.52) in the osteoporosis cohort exhibited an increased risk of subsequent acquired cholesteatoma relative to those in the comparison cohort. Conclusions: Our cohort study indicated that patients with osteoporosis had a 1.31-fold increased acquired cholesteatoma risk relative to the comparison cohort. This risk was further increased in patients with comorbid otitis media. Hence, we recommend that otolaryngologists evaluate the condition of the middle ear of patients with osteoporosis.

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  • Tang-Chuan Wang & Che-Chen Lin & Chia-Der Lin & Hsiung-Kwang Chung & Ching-Yuang Wang & Ming-Hsui Tsai & Chia-Hung Kao, 2015. "Increased Acquired Cholesteatoma Risk in Patients with Osteoporosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(7), pages 1-10, July.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132447
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