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Psoriasis and cardiovascular risk: Assessment by cuore project risk score in Italian patients

2013

Background. Psoriasis is a common inflammatory and immune-mediated skin disease. There is growing controversy as to whether cardiovascular risk is elevated in psoriasis. A number of studies suggest a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors as well as cardiovascular diseases in psoriasis patients. Objective. The objective of this study was to estimate cardiovascular risk score in psoriasis patients and the relation between cardiovascular risk and psoriasis features. Cardiovascular risk was assessed by CUORE project risk score built within the longitudinal study of the Italian CUORE project and suited to populations with a low rate of coronary heart disease. Results. A case-control stu…

medicine.medical_specialtyLongitudinal studyFramingham Risk ScoreArticle Subjectbusiness.industryProject risk managementPsychological interventionDermatologyDiseaselcsh:RL1-803medicine.diseaseInternal medicinePsoriasisPsoriasis psoriasis and cardiovascular riskPhysical therapylcsh:DermatologyMedicineIn patientbusinessRisk assessmentResearch Article
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