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Nathalie Conrad
@nathalie_conrad
Epidemiologist studying cardiovascular diseases. #BigData in #Health. @KU_Leuven. @UniofOxford.
May 6, 2023 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
Our latest research is out in @TheLancet today

We sought to answer:
1. Are autoimmune diseases on the rise as has been suggested?
2. Can we identify clues as to their causes (genetic or environmental)?
3. Do different autoimmune diseases cluster together & what might this mean? https://authors.elsevier.co...Image Here's what we found:

1. Trends over the past 20 years and across a broad range of autoimmune diseases do not support the idea of an epidemic of autoimmunity (at least not pre covid and in the UK).