Disease severity and therapy as predictors of cardiovascular risk in psoriasis: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies suggest an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in psoriasis, but the relative contributions of traditional risk factors and markers of disease severity are unclear. We examined the effect of psoriasis disease characteristics on cardiovascular risk after adjusting for traditional cardiovascular risk factors.

Methods

Study populations included (a) case-cohort sample of 771 patients nested within a population-based psoriasis incidence cohort, and (b) cohort of 1905 patients with incident and prevalent psoriasis patients. Both cohorts were followed-up to ascertain disease and treatment characteristics, traditional cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular outcomes. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to identify predictors o

SUBMITTER: Maradit-Kremers H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3312806 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature