Enfermedad coronaria en pacientes con psoriasis. / [Coronary artery disease in patients with psoriasis].
Medicina (B Aires)
; 73(5): 423-7, 2013.
Article
in Es
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-132910
ABSTRACT
In previous reports, psoriasis was associated with an increased rate of coronary artery disease. These data has not been investigated in our population. We performed a cross-sectional study analyzing data from electronic medical records of a health system in Buenos Aires. We included all patients older than 18 years diagnosed with psoriasis between January 1, 2003 and July 31, 2011 and compared them with a control group. Controls were selected randomly by strata of age and sex from the same health system in a 21 ratio. We determined the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease. We analyzed the association between psoriasis and coronary artery disease by both univariate and multivariate analyzes. In total, 3 833 subjects were included (1 286 with psoriasis and 2 547 controls). The prevalence of hypertension (50
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Collection:
06-national
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AR
Database:
BINACIS
Main subject:
Psoriasis
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Coronary Artery Disease
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Argentina
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medicina (B Aires)
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Argentina