Comorbidities among adult patients with psoriasis in Tianjin: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Database study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 14; no. 5; p. e083683
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yiming, Guo, Yali, Zhang, Kaiyue, Fan, Liyun, Ma, Jingyue, Li, Yan, Zhou, Quan, Zhao, Qian, Hou, Shuping, Wang, Huiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 21.05.2024; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Adult; Adult dermatology; Age; Aged; Arthritis, Psoriatic - epidemiology; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Case-Control Studies; Cerebrovascular disease; China - epidemiology; Comorbidity; Confounding (Statistics); Cross-Sectional Studies; Databases, Factual; Dermatological epidemiology; Dermatology; Epidemiology; Female; Health insurance; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hyperthyroidism; Infections; Logistic Models; Male; Mental disorders; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Propensity Score; Psoriasis; Psoriasis - epidemiology; Regression analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sensitivity analysis; Thyroid diseases; Variables; China; Tianjin China; Dermatological epidemiology; Psoriasis; Adult dermatology

ObjectivesThis study aims to examine the prevalence of comorbidities in adult patients with psoriasis and compare them with those in control subjects without psoriasis in Tianjin, China.DesignThe study is a cross-sectionalanalysis.ParticipantsThe participants were established by identifying all pati...