Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the most common comorbidity in psoriasis, which can be observed in up to 30% of psoriatic patients with a population-level prevalence of around 0.1%. 1,2 Osteoporosis, which belongs to the most prevalent diseases in the developed world, afflict every other woman and every fifth man in the population over 50 years of age. 2 More patients are hospitalized with fractures resulting from osteoporosis (OP) than with myocardial infarction and stroke together. 3 Certain inflammatory rheumatic disorders are
Our findings suggest that adopting tight control as a new therapeutic strategy might be justified in the osteoporosis management. In fact, a greater improvement of BMD can be achieved by treatment according to these principles.
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