Increased risk of genital warts in inflammatory bowel disease: A Danish registry-based cohort study (1996–2018)

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Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers such as anal squamous cell carcinoma. However, risk of non-malignant HPV infection has never been systematically studied in IBD. This study aims to assess the risk of genital warts (GW) in IBD patients. Methods: Using the Danish nationwide registries, we identified 49,163 patients with IBD between 1996 and 2018 and matched them to 491,665 individuals from the general population by age, sex, and HPV immunisation. Cumulative incidence rates for GW in IBD and non-IBD patients were calculated by age. Cox proportional regression analysis was used to calculate hazard ratios (HR) for GW in IBD compared to matched population and in Crohn's disease (CD) compared to ulcerative colitis (UC). We undertook subgroup analysis for risk of GW by sex, year of IBD diagnosis, contraceptive exposure and IBD treatment exposure. Results: The fully adjusted HR for GW in IBD patients compared to the matched non-IBD population was 1.33 (95% CI: 1.19–1.49) and 1.13 (95% CI: 1.01, 1.27) in CD as compared to UC. This increased risk was particularly observed in female (HR: 1.54, 95% CI: 1.33–1.79) over male (HR: 1.14, 95% CI: 0.97–1.34) IBD patients, but was also found across all periods of diagnosis with IBD, regardless of contraceptive treatment exposure, and also seen in IBD patients who had never been exposed to immunosuppressive treatment (HR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.19–1.49). Conclusion: In this nationwide, population-representative cohort study, we observed a 33% increased risk of GW in patients with IBD compared to the matched population and a 13% increased risk of GW in CD compared with UC. This risk was particularly increased in female over male IBD patients and seen independent of IBD treatment exposure.

Original languageEnglish
JournalUnited European Gastroenterology Journal
Volume10
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)287-295
Number of pages9
ISSN2050-6406
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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© 2022 The Authors. United European Gastroenterology Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of United European Gastroenterology.

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  • cohort study, Crohn's disease, genital warts, inflammatory bowel disease, thiopurine, ulcerative colitis

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