Metabolic Comorbidities in Pediatric Psoriasis—A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study in South-Asian Children

• DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_729_23
• Publication Date: 2024-06-26T05:01:12Z
• Authors: Ranjana E. Joseph; Dharshini Sathish...; Ankan Gupta; Sophy Korula
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study

Abstract Background: There is only limited data on the association between psoriasis and metabolic comorbidities in South-Asian children. Objective: To examine among children with without psoriasis. Materials Methods: A hospital-based, comparative, cross-sectional study was conducted over 19 months. Anthropometric, clinical, comorbidity details (including disease extent severity scores, obesity, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lipid abnormalities, syndrome) were obtained both groups according to standard criteria. Results: Fifty-eight (25 males/33 females, age 11.3 ± 3.0 years, range 4 17 years) 62 (37 males/25 11.0 3.6 18 recruited. The prevalence of obesity (31.0% versus 14.5%, P = 0.031, odds ratio 2.65) syndrome (18.6% 4.6%, 0.044, 4.68) higher than without. other (systemic pre-diabetes, elevated serum alanine aminotransferase, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) not different obese non-obese Among psoriasis, those abdominal had significantly lower scores Conclusion: Psoriasis associated a close Screening for essential even Disease are less compared