Body surface area affected by psoriasis and the risk for psoriatic arthritis: a prospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Increasing psoriasis severity has been associated with comorbidities including cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to examine the association of psoriasis severity with the development of PsA.

Methods

A prospective population-based cohort study was performed within The Health Improvement Network, a UK medical record database. Patients aged 25-60 years with a code for psoriasis were randomly selected between 2008 and 2011. Questionnaires were sent to their general practitioners to confirm the diagnosis of psoriasis and provide the patient's approximate body surface area (BSA). Incidence of PsA was calculated by BSA, and Cox proportional hazard ratios were used to examine the risk of developing PsA by BSA category after adjusting for other covaria

SUBMITTER: Ogdie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9071556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature