Cigarette smoking, body mass index, and stressful life events as risk factors for psoriasis: results from an Italian case-control study.

By L. Naldi, L. Chatenoud, D. Linder, A. Belloni Fortina, A. Peserico, A. Virgili, P. Bruni, V. Ingordo, G. Lo Scocco, C. Solaroli and 11 more. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2005

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Subfields: Dermatology, Immunology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Citations in the corpus

• Obesity in autoimmune diseases: not a passive bystander. (2014, background): “Furthermore, strong evidence suggests that obesity is an independent risk factor for both psoriasis and PsA [271–276].”
• Risk of myocardial infarction in patients with psoriasis. (2006, neutral): “001 Median (IQR) 42 (30-60) 44 (31-60) 49 (36-63)”
• Psoriasis and systemic inflammatory diseases: potential mechanistic links between skin disease and co-morbid conditions. (2010, background): “Furthermore, losing weight may improve psoriasis (Higa-Sansone et al., 2004; Naldi et al., 2005; Wolters, 2005).”
• Guidelines of care for the management of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: Section 1. Overview of psoriasis and guidelines of care for the treatment of psoriasis with biologics. (2008, positive): “Both the Italian studies and the Nurses Health Study II clearly establish smoking as a risk factor for incident psoriasis.(36,38) The increased prevalence of smoking in patients with psoriasis may also contribute to an elevation in cardiovascular risk.”