Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Risk: Strength in Numbers

In this issue, Wakkee and colleagues report a self-described exploratory cohort study and conclude that psoriasis may not be an independent risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD) hospitalization and that there is only a slight and borderline increased risk of ischemic heart disease among psori...

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Published inJournal of investigative dermatology Vol. 130; no. 4; pp. 919 - 922
Main Authors Gelfand, Joel M., Azfar, Rahat S., Mehta, Nehal N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2010
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Humans
Psoriasis - epidemiology
Risk Factors
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Summary:In this issue, Wakkee and colleagues report a self-described exploratory cohort study and conclude that psoriasis may not be an independent risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD) hospitalization and that there is only a slight and borderline increased risk of ischemic heart disease among psoriasis patients. This negative result should be interpreted in light of the study’s limitations, the complex relationship among levels of psoriasis severity, patient age, and cardiovascular (CV) risk, and the context of the rapidly growing literature.
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ISSN:0022-202X
1523-1747
DOI:10.1038/jid.2010.12