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Psoriasis and obesity in French children: a case-control, multicentre study
- Source :
- British Journal of Dermatology. 172:1593-1600
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015.
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Abstract
- Summary Background Obesity is more common in adults with psoriasis than in the general population, but there is a lack of data available regarding this association in children. Objectives To evaluate whether obesity was more common in French children with psoriasis of any clinical type or severity. Methods A multicentre case–control study was performed in 23 French dermatology centres. Children without chronic or genetic inflammatory disease were selected as controls and matched for age, sex and dermatology centre. We used three weight cut-off categories to compare the two groups: overweight, overweight with abdominal obesity and overweight with obesity according to the French Health Authority guidelines. Results A total of 261 children with psoriasis were included. The mean age was 9.8 years, 126 were boys and 135 were girls. Overall, 42.5% of these children had plaque psoriasis and 32.2% had severe psoriasis. There was no difference between the psoriasis and control groups when the frequency of children who were overweight was compared (20·7% in psoriasis group vs. 17·1% in control group; P = 0·18). Overweight with abdominal obesity including obesity (18·4% vs. 10·4%; P = 0·009) and obesity alone (10·0% vs. 3·1%; P = 0·001) were more common in the psoriasis group. Conclusions This study shows that being overweight with abdominal obesity and being obese is more common in children with psoriasis than in controls. The risk factors are the same as those that affect the French general population, i.e. female sex and having a parent who was overweight. The severity and clinical type of psoriasis do not affect overweight and obesity.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatric Obesity
medicine.medical_specialty
Health authority
Population
Dermatology
Disease
Overweight
Internal medicine
Psoriasis
medicine
Humans
Child
education
Abdominal obesity
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Clinical type
medicine.disease
Obesity
Pedigree
Case-Control Studies
Obesity, Abdominal
Acute Disease
Chronic Disease
Physical therapy
Female
France
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00070963
- Volume :
- 172
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6016dbd4f622a819c7967c9448271958
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.13507