Young patients with risk factors prevalent in the elderly – differences in comorbidity depending on severity of psoriasis: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Swedish health registers
Clinical Epidemiology Jun 28, 2018
Hajiebrahimi M, et al. - Using Swedish nationwide health-care registers, the researchers examined differences in cerebro- and cardiovascular comorbidities by psoriasis severity. Study participants were new adult users of anti-psoriatic drugs (2007–2013) with a recorded diagnosis of psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis or a filled prescription for calcipotriol. In patients with severe psoriasis, myocardial infarction and stroke were less common. Despite being younger, they had a higher prevalence of diabetes and hypertension.
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