LB1488 Obesity and the risk of psoriasis: A Korean nationwide, population-based study

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease affecting approximately 1 –3% of the general population. This nationwide, population-based study investigated the impact of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) on the psoriasis in the Korean population. We used the health check-up database, which is sub-dataset of the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. Study population includes subjects who had undergone health screenings between 2009 and 2012. Total 22,633,536 subjects were included and psoriasis newly developed in 399,461 subjects.

Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - August 21, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: J. Han, K. Han, C. Bang, Y. Park, J. Lee, Y. Park, J. Lee Tags: Clinical Research: Epidemiology of Skin Diseases Source Type: research