Abstract:Pso diagnoses (ICD-9 codes: 696.1). One Pso-free patient (i.e., without Pso or psoriatic arthritis diagnosis) was randomly selected to match each Pso patient by age and gender. Patient demographic characteristics and comorbidity profile information, including the Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) score, the prevalence of autoimmune diseases, and an exhaustive list of other comorbidities were compared between Pso and Pso-free patients using Wilcoxon signed rank tests or McNemar tests. RESULTS: Among the 106,128 … Show more
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