High burden of the metabolic syndrome and its component disorders in South Africans with psoriasis
| Autor: | Mohammed Tikly, Lushen Pillay, Nasrin Goolam Mahyoodeen, Nigel J. Crowther, Tracy Snyman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Population Dermatology Type 2 diabetes South Africa 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cost of Illness Risk Factors Internal medicine Psoriasis Prevalence Humans Medicine education Aged Metabolic Syndrome education.field_of_study business.industry Case-control study Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Case-Control Studies 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Metabolic syndrome business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Dermatology. 58:557-562 |
| ISSN: | 1365-4632 0011-9059 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Psoriasis is associated with cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) in Caucasians, but no data is available from sub-Saharan populations on either CMD prevalence or psoriasis risk factors. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of CMDs in a predominantly non-Caucasian cohort of South Africans with psoriasis and to determine the principal risk factors associated with psoriasis. METHODS This was a cross-sectional case-control study of adult psoriasis patients (n = 103) and controls (n = 98), comparing sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical characteristics. The groups were matched for gender, ethnicity, and body mass index (BMI). RESULTS The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (52.4% vs. 33.7%; P = 0.007), type 2 diabetes (T2D) (25.2% vs. 4.1%; P |
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