@Article{Uczniak2016,
journal="Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii",
issn="1642-395X",
volume="33",
number="2",
year="2016",
title="Presence of selected metabolic syndrome components in patients with psoriasis vulgaris",
abstract=" Introduction:   Recent studies have suggested a strong association between psoriasis and obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, resistance to insulin and metabolic syndrome.    Aim : To assess the prevalence of selected metabolic syndrome components in patients with psoriasis and the effect of the abnormalities on the disease activity.   Material and methods:   Two hundred and forty-six patients diagnosed with psoriasis and 75 healthy individuals as controls were included in the study. Psoriasis activity was evaluated by the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI).    Results : There was a statistically significant difference in triglyceride concentration between psoriasis patients and controls (p = 0.00001), which was not found for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) concentration. Mean values of serum glucose level in patients with psoriasis were significantly higher than in controls (p = 0.046). Further statistical analysis of the obtained results showed significantly higher systolic blood pressure in the psoriasis patients than in the controls (p = 0.0001), but there was no statistically significant difference in diastolic blood pressure between the investigated groups (p > 0.05).   Conclusions : Higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome components was observed in patients with psoriasis than in the general population.",
author="Uczniak, Sebastian
and Gerlicz, Zofia A.
and Kozłowska, Magdalena
and Kaszuba, Andrzej",
pages="114--119",
doi="10.5114/ada.2016.59153",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2016.59153"
}