PSORIASIS is an important predictor of diabetes risk and the more severe the disease, the higher the diabetes risk, researchers report in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
In a population-based study of 8,124 adults with psoriasis and 76,599 adults without psoriasis who were followed for four years, researchers found that patients with severe psoriasis have about a 60% increased annual risk of type two diabetes.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine's Joel Gelfand said the findings were "independent of traditional risk factors for diabetes".
"Further analysis of the severe group of psoriasis patients showed that for every 10% increase in affected body surface area, diabetes risk rises by an additional 20%."
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