Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in psoriasis: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006

TJ Love, AA Qureshi, EW Karlson… - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among individuals with
psoriasis and to examine the association between these 2 conditions in the general US …

Incidence and risk factors for psoriasis in the general population

C Huerta, E Rivero, LAG Rodríguez - Archives of dermatology, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To study the clinical spectrum of psoriasis and the incidence in the general
population and to identify risk factors associated with the occurrence of psoriasis. Design …

Neutrophil extracellular trap formation is increased in psoriasis and induces human β-defensin-2 production in epidermal keratinocytes

SCS Hu, HS Yu, FL Yen, CL Lin, GS Chen, CCE Lan - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been implicated in the development of certain
immune-mediated diseases, but their role in psoriasis has not been clearly defined. Human …

Increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with acne inversa

R Sabat, A Chanwangpong, S Schneider-Burrus… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Acne inversa (AI; also designated as Hidradenitis suppurativa) is a common
chronic inflammatory skin disease, localized in the axillary, inguinal and perianal skin areas …

Incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis

H Radner, T Lesperance, NA Accortt… - Arthritis care & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To estimate prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors of
hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and obesity in patients with rheumatoid …

Psoriasis and metabolic disease: epidemiology and pathophysiology

RS Azfar, JM Gelfand - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The broad literature linking psoriasis to metabolic disorders has led to changes in standard
of care recommendations for patients with psoriasis. In particular, practitioners are …

Association between biologic therapies for chronic plaque psoriasis and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

C Ryan, CL Leonardi, JG Krueger, AB Kimball… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Ustekinumab and briakinumab, monoclonal antibodies to the shared p40 subunit of
interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23, have shown efficacy in treating chronic plaque psoriasis (CPP) …

Psoriasis as a systemic disease

I Grozdev, N Korman, N Tsankov - Clinics in dermatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is an inflammatory immune-mediated disease that affects the skin and has
pathogenic effects with systemic impact. The relationship between psoriasis and …

Psoriasis and comorbidities: links and risks

C Ni, MW Chiu - Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting approximately 2% of the
population worldwide. In the past decade, many studies have drawn attention to comorbid …

Effect of weight loss on the severity of psoriasis: a randomized clinical study

P Jensen, C Zachariae, R Christensen… - JAMA …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Psoriasis is associated with adiposity and weight gain increases the severity of
psoriasis and the risk of incident psoriasis. Therefore, we aimed to measure the effect of …