Hypertension and risk of psoriasis incidence: An 11-year nationwide population-based cohort study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 8; p. e0202854
• Main Authors: Kim, Ha-Na, Han, Kyungdo, Song, Sang-Wook, Lee, Ji Hyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.08.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age; Aged; Analysis; Antihypertensives; Biology and Life Sciences; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; Cytokines; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Family income; Female; Health insurance; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Identity theft; Immune response; Immune system; Incidence; Lymphocytes T; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Patients; Personal information; Population; Population studies; Population-based studies; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Psoriasis; Psoriasis - complications; Psoriasis - epidemiology; Risk; Risk Factors; Skin diseases; Studies; Young Adult; United States > US; South Korea

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is characterized by T-cell mediated immune response, and has been known to increase the risk of developing hypertension. However, the risk of psoriasis in patients with hypertension is not clear. Therefore, we investigated the risk of psoriasis i...