Prevalence of obesity in paediatric psoriasis and its impact on disease severity and progression

Abstract

Although it is not associated with disease severity and course, increased bodyweight may be a health problem for psoriatic children.

Assessment of quality of life in Turkish children with psoriasis and their caregivers

“…The slight female preponderance (1.44:1) was consistent with results of other studies from Turkey and other regions . Nail involvement was associated with arthritis, which other authors have also described . Scalp involvement was more frequent in girls than boys, as has been previously reported and attributed to koebnerization …”

“…[33][34][35][36][37] Nail involvement was associated with arthritis, which other authors have also described. 31,37 Scalp involvement was more frequent in girls than boys, as has been previously reported and attributed to koebnerization. 34 Twenty-seven percent of patients were categorized as overweight or obese, which is similar to that reported in another Turkish study focusing on pediatric psoriasis (28%).…”

“…34 Twenty-seven percent of patients were categorized as overweight or obese, which is similar to that reported in another Turkish study focusing on pediatric psoriasis (28%). 31 These figures are higher than the overweight and obese percentages in population-based studies from Turkey (12%-16%). [38][39][40] More patients who did not describe regular physical activity had a PASI score of 10 or greater.…”

Cohort profile: the clinical ‘Psoriasis in Adolescents’ (PIA) cohort in Denmark

“…Previous studies on children and adolescents with psoriasis have found some of these comorbidities, or risk factors thereof, to be increased 11 23–26. Since these studies have mainly been done in highly selected hospital-treated populations, with small sample sizes, or by retrospectively reviewing, for example, patient records, we wished to investigate paediatric psoriasis in a more general population, and also to include psoriasis-free controls for comparison, with the possibility of prospective data collection 11 23–49. We therefore established a well-characterised clinical cohort nested in a large, nationwide birth cohort in Denmark in order to investigate the clinical characteristics, trigger factors, comorbidities and related risk factors and genotype of paediatric psoriasis.…”

High Blood Pressure in Normal-weight Children with Psoriasis

“…Both adults and children with psoriasis are at risk for comorbidities, including obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). Since obesity is a known risk factor for most of these comorbidities, it would be useful to determine whether psoriasis is an independent risk factor for some or all of them (6).…”