Non-invasive measurements to stratify cardiovascular disease risk in psoriasis patients

Abstract

patients with psoriasis and are easily performed in general practice. • Despite the well-established link between psoriasis and CVD risk factors, patients with psoriasis are not necessarily aware of this association, which could have implications on their lifestyle and risk reduction management. GPs play an important role in the education of these patients.

Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease: A Narrative Review

“…Women with psoriasis have a risk of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension, and overweight women are more susceptible to type 2 diabetes than are women with normal weight. 31,32) In addition, as recently demonstrated by Fernández-Armenteros et al, 33) patients with psoriasis have a higher prevalence of traditional CV risk factors, such as type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, obesity, fasting basal glycemia, low HDL cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and increased waist circumference than in patients without psoriasis. Additionally, the authors found a higher prevalence of ischemic heart disease and vascular-cerebral accidents in patients with psoriasis than in those without.…”