PMID- 36958254 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230412 LR - 20240423 IS - 1878-5506 (Electronic) IS - 1389-9457 (Linking) VI - 105 DP - 2023 May TI - Narcolepsy is associated with an increased risk of HLA-related autoimmune diseases: Evidence from a nationwide healthcare system data in South Korea. PG - 37-42 LID - S1389-9457(23)00093-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.03.006 [doi] AB - STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence rate of narcolepsy in South Korea and closely examine the relationship between narcolepsy, which is believed to be an autoimmune response, and other systemic autoimmune diseases. METHODS: We examined data from the South Korean nationwide health insurance claims database from 2010 to 2019. Our study included patients with narcolepsy as well as age- and sex-matched controls without narcolepsy. We estimated the incidence of narcolepsy and the odds ratio of narcolepsy and associated autoimmune comorbidities in South Korea. RESULTS: We identified 8710 patients with narcolepsy (59.8% men and 40.2% women). The incidence of narcolepsy was 0.05%. Patients with narcolepsy were at a significantly high risk of ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjogren's syndrome, which diseases are known to be related to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. CONCLUSIONS: Narcolepsy is closely related to systemic autoimmune diseases, particularly those related to HLA genes. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Oh, Jihye AU - Oh J AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea. FAU - Cho, Eunhae AU - Cho E AD - Department of Colorectal Surgery, Seoul Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University, South Korea. FAU - Um, Yoo-Hyun AU - Um YH AD - Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea. FAU - Oh, Sei Hoon AU - Oh SH AD - Department of Environmental Horticulture, College of Natural Science, The University of Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Hong, Seung-Chul AU - Hong SC AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea; Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea. Electronic address: hscjohn@hotmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230311 PL - Netherlands TA - Sleep Med JT - Sleep medicine JID - 100898759 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQbeta antigen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Young Adult MH - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/epidemiology/genetics MH - *Autoimmune Diseases/epidemiology/genetics MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Comorbidity MH - Databases, Factual MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - *HLA Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains/genetics MH - Incidence MH - *Insurance Claim Reporting/statistics & numerical data MH - *Narcolepsy/epidemiology/genetics MH - Odds Ratio MH - Republic of Korea/epidemiology MH - Sjogren's Syndrome/epidemiology/genetics MH - Spondylitis, Ankylosing/epidemiology/genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Human leukocyte antigen OT - Narcolepsy OT - Systemic rheumatoid disease EDAT- 2023/03/24 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/12 06:41 CRDT- 2023/03/23 19:10 PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/12 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/23 19:10 [entrez] AID - S1389-9457(23)00093-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.03.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sleep Med. 2023 May;105:37-42. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.03.006. Epub 2023 Mar 11.