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Irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome are associated with pruritus bidirectionally in U.S. adults

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Abbreviations

Irritable bowel syndrome:

(IBS)

Interstitial cystitis:

(IC)

The International Classification of Diseases:

(ICD)

Odds ratio:

(OR)

Confidence interval:

(CI)

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  1. Stella Caldas and Angel D. Pagan are contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5 East 98th Street, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Stella Caldas, Angel D. Pagan, Joel Correa da Rosa, Brian S. Kim & Benjamin Ungar

  2. George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Stella Caldas

  3. Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, USA

    Angel D. Pagan

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SAC: Investigation; Writing – Original Draft; Writing – Review & Editing. ADP: Formal Analysis; Investigation; Writing – Review & Editing; Resources. JCDR: Formal Analysis. BSK: Methodology; Writing – Review & Editing. BU: Conceptualization; Methodology; Writing – Review & Editing; Supervision.

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BU is an employee of Mount Sinai and has received research funds (grants paid to the institution) from Incyte, Rapt Therapeutics, and Pfizer. He is also a consultant for Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Castle Biosciences, Fresenius Kabi, Pfizer, and Sanofi. BSK is an employee of Mount Sinai. He also has received personal fees from AbbVie, Argenx, Abrax, Japan, Almirall, S.A., Amagma, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cara Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Evommune, Escient Pharmaceuticals, Galderma S.A., GlaxoSmithKline, Genzyme, Granular Therapeutics, Guidepoint Global, Incyte Corporation, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., LEO Pharma, Pfizer Inc., Novartis, Recens Medical, Regeneron, and Trevi Therapeutics. JCDR is an employee of Mount Sinai. The rest of the authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest.

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Caldas, S., Pagan, A.D., Correa da Rosa, J. et al. Irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome are associated with pruritus bidirectionally in U.S. adults. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 2745–2747 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02684-5

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