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ArticleRheumatology (Oxford, England)2022

Body surface area affected by psoriasis and the risk for psoriatic arthritis: a prospective population-based cohort study.

Alexis Ogdie, Daniel B Shin, Thorvardur Jon Love, Joel M Gelfand

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Article in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexis OgdieDepartments of Medicine/Rheumatology.ORCID 0000-0002-4639-0775
Daniel B ShinDepartment of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Thorvardur Jon LoveDepartment of Medicine, University of Iceland and Landspitali, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Joel M GelfandDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine.
University of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Iceland · IS

Funding

The Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Patients with PsoriasisR01HL089744 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GELFAND, JOEL M · 2009 to 2013
$3.8M
Identification of Early Psoriatic ArthritisK23AR063764 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI OGDIE, ALEXIS R. · 2013 to 2017
$751k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089744NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR063764
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIncreasing psoriasis severity has been associated with comorbidities including cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to examine the association of psoriasis severity with the development of PsA.

methodsA prospective population-based cohort study was performed within The Health Improvement Network, a UK medical record database. Patients aged 25-60 years with a code for psoriasis were randomly selected between 2008 and 2011. Questionnaires were sent to their general practitioners to confirm the diagnosis of psoriasis and provide the patient's approximate body surface area (BSA). Incidence of PsA was calculated by BSA, and Cox proportional hazard ratios were used to examine the risk of developing PsA by BSA category after adjusting for other covariates.

resultsAmong 10 474 questionnaires sent, 9987 (95%) were returned, 9069 (91%) had confirmed psoriasis, and BSA was provided for 8881 patients: 52% had mild psoriasis, 36% moderate psoriasis and 12% severe psoriasis. The mean age was 46, and 49% were female. Mean follow-up time was 4.2 years (s.d. 2.1); the incidence of PsA was 5.4 cases per 1000 person-years. After adjusting for age and sex, BSA >10% [hazard ratio (HR) 2.01, 95% CI: 1.29, 3.13], BSA 3-10% (HR 1.44, 95% CI: 1.02, 2.03), obesity (HR 1.64, 95% CI: 1.19, 2.26) and depression (HR 1.68, 95% CI: 1.21, 2.33) were associated with incident PsA.

conclusionsIn this large prospective cohort study, BSA assessed by general practitioners was a strong predictor of developing PsA, and obesity and depression were additive risk factors.

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Arthritis, PsoriaticPsoriasisBody Surface AreaCohort StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedObesityProspective StudiesRisk Factorsdepressionepidemiologyobesitypsoriasispsoriatic arthritis

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PMID34508558
PMCPMC9071556
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