Constipation might be associated with risk of allergic rhinitis: A nationwide population-based cohort study

• Meng-Che Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology, Children’s Medical Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ming-Shiou Jan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Immunology Research Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Jeng-Yuan Chiou,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Hsun Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• James Cheng-Chung Wei

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jccwei@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-0679

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