Study Data from CHA University Update Knowledge of Psoriasis (Increased risk of psoriasis in children and elderly patients with asthma: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort)

2019 NOV 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- Research findings on Skin Diseases and Conditions - Psoriasis are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Seongnam, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Several previous studies reported the elevated risk of asthma in children with psoriasis. This study aimed to extend previous research regarding the risk of psoriasis in children with asthma to an entire population subdivided by age.”

Financial support for this research came from National Research Foundation of Korea.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from CHA University, “The 2002-2013 Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Sample Cohort (HIRA-NSC) was used. The 167,693 participants with asthma were matched with 167,693 control participants for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension history, diabetes history, and dyslipidemia history. In both the asthma and control groups, the occurrences of asthma were investigated. The crude and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for psoriasis with respect to asthma status were determined using stratified Cox proportional hazards models. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to age and sex. The prevalence of psoriasis was 0.5% (95% CI, 0.4% to 0.5%; n=771/167,693) in the asthma group and 0.4% (95% CI, 0.3% to 0.4%; n=589/167,693) in the control group (p <0.001). The asthma group (adjusted HR=1.19; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.33; p=0.002) demonstrated higher HRs for psoriasis than did the control group. This result was consistent in the <15 years old, 60 years old, and women subgroups. Asthma was associated with the elevated risk of psoriasis. The possible risk of psoriasis needs to be considered when managing asthma patients.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Future study is warranted for the risk of psoriasis according to the endotypes of asthma.”

For more information on this research see: Increased risk of psoriasis in children and elderly patients with asthma: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 2019;9(11):1304-1310. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-6984)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.Y. Kim, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include C. Min, D.J. Oh and H.G Choi.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.22429. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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