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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Psoriasis is an independent risk for Type 2 Diabetes, according to a new study by researchers with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with the greatest risk seen in patients with severe psoriasis. Researchers estimate that an additional 115,500 people will develop diabetes each year due to the risk posed by psoriasis above and beyond conventional risk factors.
The research is published in the latest issue of the Archives of Dermatology, a JAMA Network publication.
"These data suggest that patients with psoriasis are at increased risk for developing diabetes even if they don't have common risk factors such as obesity," said senior author Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, associate professor of Dermatology in the Perelman School of Medicine.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618161820.htm
The research is published in the latest issue of the Archives of Dermatology, a JAMA Network publication.
"These data suggest that patients with psoriasis are at increased risk for developing diabetes even if they don't have common risk factors such as obesity," said senior author Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, associate professor of Dermatology in the Perelman School of Medicine.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120618161820.htm