ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2025
Association of Keloid with Body Mass Index and Hypertension: A Retrospective Controlled Study.
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- Glutamate enhances the production of inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-11, as well as chemokines CXCL2, CXCL3, and CXCL8 in keloid fibroblasts.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the impact of chronic comorbidities on the onset and progression of keloid. The association between keloid and metabolic syndrome has not been investigated in observational controlled studies.
objectiveTo evaluate the association of keloid with obesity and hypertension using a population-based study.
methodsInformation was collected on 151 patients with keloids, anywhere on the body, who visited the Plastic Surgery Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, and 164 control participants. The patient and control groups had similar mean ages.
resultsThe mean ages of the patients and controls were 34.74 ± 16.25 years, and 35.50 ± 12.45 years, respectively. In the univariate analysis and multivariate analyses, body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m
conclusionsKeloid was associated with overweight and systolic hypertension. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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