A study of correlation between psoriasis and metabolic syndrome

Abstract

Psoriasis affects 1-3% of Indian, 2% of the U.S. population; about 11% of these patients have psoriatic arthritis. There were four clinical variants of psoriasis, but plaque type is the most common (80% of cases) observed in our study. Prevalence of Metabolic syndrome is 29.2%. Among the 89 patients studied, a majority of patients were male (67.38%). 28 (31.5%) study subjects had abnormal fasting blood glucose levels. About 26% (23) of the study subjects showed abnormal triglyceride levels. About 50% of the study subjects showed low HDL value. 36(40%) of the study subjects were normal, 20.2% were overweight and 26% (23) were grade I obese. Age is having correlation with waist circumference and FBS and this correlation is significant. Waist circumference is correlating with AGE, BMI, FBS and Triglycerides. FBS correlates with increased Age, BMI, waist circumference, and decreased HDL. Triglycerides correlated with BMI, waist, FBS, and HDL levels. 10% of study subjects are under weight, 40% are normal, 46% are overweight and belong to grade 1 obesity, 3.3% constitute above grade 2 obesity. 31.5% of study subjects are Diabetics. Increased FBS correlates with increased Age, BMI, waist circumference, and decreased HDL levels. Triglycerides correlated with BMI, waist circumference, FBS, and HDL levels. Decreased HDL is correlated with increased FBS, and increased TGL levels.