Research Article
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Psoriasis
Table 3
The associations of MS with patient characteristics in psoriasis patients.
| | | MS | | Psoriasis group | | (+) | (−) | P | | | (Median) | (Median) | |
| +Duration of disease | | | | 0.277 | +Age of onset | | | | 0.001** |
| | | (%) | (%) | ++P |
| Gender | Male | 21 (41.2%) | 24 (58.8%) | 0.023* | | Female | 40 (62.5%) | 30 (37.5%) | |
| | No | 28 (54.9%) | 23 (45.1%) | | | Ex-smoker | 12 (66.7%) | 6 (33.3%) | 0.166 | Smoking | Active smoker | 17 (41.4%) | 24 (58.6%) | | | Passive smoker | 4 (80.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | |
| PASI | Mild-moderate | 39 (51.3%) | 37 (48.7%) | 0.604 | | Severe | 22 (56.4%) | 17 (43.6%) | |
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+Student’s t-test, ++Chi-square test, * , ** .
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