ERAPSO: Revealing the High Burden of Obesity in German Psoriasis Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Plaque psoriasis is a chronic, systemic-inflammatory disease characterized by skin erythema, plaques and scaling, and is associated with different comorbidities like psoriatic arthritis, obesity, and cardiometabolic diseases. Obesity aggravates cardiovascular risk in psoriasis patients and can negatively affect psoriasis disease severity with proinflammatory adipocytokine production by adipocytes and infiltrated immune cells.

Methods

An online survey on nutrition and physical activity in psoriasis participants (ERAPSO) collected cross-sectional data about eating behavior, physical activity, and prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome components from 9940 psoriasis participants in Germany.

Results

ERAPSO revealed a high burden of obesity in German pso

SUBMITTER: Schwarz PEH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6704194 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature