Background: Several previous studies reported the elevated risk of asthma in children with psoriasis. This study aimed to extend previous research regarding the risk of psoriasis in children with asthma to an entire population subdivided by age.
Methods:The 2002-2013 Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Sample Cohort (HIRA-NSC) was used. The 167,693 participants with asthma were matched with 167,693 control participants for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension history, diabetes history, and dyslipidemia history. In both the asthma and control groups, the occurrences of asthma were investigated. The crude and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for psoriasis with respect to asthma status were determined using stratified Cox proportional hazards models. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to age and sex.
Results:The prevalence of psoriasis was 0.5% (95% CI, 0.4% to 0.5%; n = 771/167,693) in the asthma group and 0.4% (95% CI, 0.3% to 0.4%; n = 589/167,693) in the con-trol group (p < 0.001). The asthma group (adjusted HR = 1.19; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.33; p = 0.002) demonstrated higher HRs for psoriasis than did the control group. This result was consistent in the <15 years old, ࣙ60 years old, and women subgroups.
Conclusion:Asthma was associated with the elevated risk of psoriasis. The possible risk of psoriasis needs to be considered when managing asthma patients. Future study is warranted for the risk of psoriasis according to the endotypes of asthma. C 2019 ARS-AAOA, LLC.