100 The risk of psychiatric disorders among patients with psoriasis in Korea: a 12-year nationwide population-based cohort study

The association between psoriasis and risk of psychiatric disorders has not been thoroughly evaluated in a large longitudinal cohort of Asian population. We conducted a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study encompassing more than 1.6 million Koreans with a 12-year follow-up period. Patients were considered in the psoriasis cohort if they had an incident diagnostic code for psoriasis and included patients were followed up until they developed any psychiatric disease. In adjusted models, psoriasis patients (n = 10,868) were at a 18% increased risk for depression (hazard ratio [HR] 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.09-1.26), 16% for anxiety disorders (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.08-1.26), and 21% for somatoform disorders (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08-1.34) compared with the referent cohort (n = 1,620,055).
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Clinical Research and Epidemiology Source Type: research