Is drug insurance status an effect modifier in epidemiologic database studies?
The increased risk of major congenital malformation associated with asthma was significantly higher among pregnant women publicly insured with social welfare than among those privately insured. As a result of this effect modification by drug insurance status, findings from Québec observational studies using databases mainly formed of patients publicly insured with social welfare may not be generalized to the entire population.
alpha-GalCer treatment during the effector phase of EC increased CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T-cell numbers, which in turn suppressed the development of EC.