Epidemiology, Comorbidity and Risk Factors for Psoriatic Arthritis: a Health Insurance Claims Database Analysis

This study analysed data from a German public health insurance database of >2 million individuals. Factors influencing the development of psoriatic arthritis were determined by descriptively analysing comorbidities and Cox regression modelling. The prevalences of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis were 2.63% and 0.29% in adults (18+ years) and, respectively, 0.30% and 0.01% in children (0-17 years). The proportion of adult patients with incident psoriasis who developed concomitant psoriatic arthritis within 5 years after diagnosis of psoriasis (mean 2.3 years) was 2.6%. Cardiovascular diseases are the most frequent comorbidity in patients with psoriasis with or without concomitant psoriatic arthritis. Depression and neurosis/stress disorder were identified as indicators for the development of psoriatic arthritis.PMID:34263331 | DOI:10.2340/00015555-3879
Source: Acta Dermato-Venereologica - Category: Dermatology Authors: Source Type: research