Key result
Rotavirus vaccination was not associated with a reduced risk of coeliac disease (HR 1.05) or type 1 diabetes (HR 0.89) in children compared to unvaccinated children.
Why the study?
Rotavirus infection has been proposed as a risk factor for coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes, but whether rotavirus vaccination prevents these conditions in the UK remained unknown.
Does rotavirus vaccination prevent coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes in children?
Cohort (n=880,629)
Yes
Does rotavirus vaccination prevent coeliac disease and type 1 diabetes in children?
Hazard Ratio: 1.05 (95% CI 0.86–1.28)
Absolute Event Rate: 0.2% vs 0.2%
Rotavirus vaccination in infants does not appear to prevent or increase the risk of developing coeliac disease or type 1 diabetes.
Rotavirus vaccination was not associated with coeliac disease or type 1 diabetes risk; leaves open any preventive role and should not alter practice.
BACKGROUND: Rotavirus infection has been proposed as a risk factor for coeliac disease (CD) and type 1 diabetes (T1D). The UK introduced infant rotavirus vaccination in 2013. We have previously shown that rotavirus vaccination can have beneficial off-target effects on syndromes, such as hospitalised seizures. We therefore investigated whether rotavirus vaccination prevents CD and T1D in the UK. METHODS: A cohort study of children born between 2010 and 2015 was conducted using primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Children were followed up from 6 months to 7 years old, with censoring for outcome, death or leaving the practice. CD was defined as diagnosis of CD or the prescription of gluten-free goods. T1D was defined as a T1D diagnosis. The exposure was rotavirus vaccination, defined as one or more doses. Mixed-effects Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Models were adjusted for potential confounders and included random intercepts for general practices. RESULTS: There were 880,629 children in the cohort (48.8% female). A total of 343,113 (39.0%) participants received rotavirus vaccine; among those born after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination, 93.4% were vaccinated. Study participants contributed 4,388,355 person-years, with median follow-up 5.66 person-years. There were 1657 CD cases, an incidence of 38.0 cases per 100,000 person-years. Compared with unvaccinated children, the adjusted HR for a CD was 1.05 (95% CI 0.86-1.28) for vaccinated children. Females had a 40% higher hazard than males. T1D was recorded for 733 participants, an incidence of 17.1 cases per 100,000 person-years. In adjusted analysis, rotavirus vaccination was not associated with risk of T1D (HR = 0.89, 95% CI 0.68-1.19). CONCLUSIONS: Rotavirus vaccination has reduced diarrhoeal disease morbidity and mortality substantial since licencing in 2006. Our finding from this large cohort study did not provide evidence that rotavirus vaccination prevents CD or T1D, nor is it associated with increased risk, delivering further evidence of rotavirus vaccine safety.
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Inns et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Coeliac disease and Type 1 diabetes (n=880,629). Rotavirus vaccination vs. Unvaccinated children was evaluated on Coeliac disease (HR 1.05, 95% CI 0.86-1.28). Rotavirus vaccination was not associated with a reduced risk of coeliac disease (HR 1.05) or type 1 diabetes (HR 0.89) in children compared to unvaccinated children.
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