Research Article
Psoriatic Arthritis and Diabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of the study population (
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| | Characteristic | Psoriatic arthritis patients () | Patients without psoriatic arthritis () | value |
| | Male | 249 (45.4%) | 498 (45.4%) | 1.000 | | Age (years) | | | | | Mean ± SD | | | 0.599 | | Median | 55 | 56 | | Range | 21–92 | 21–101 | | SES () | | | | | Low | 193 (35.7%) | 319 (29.4%) | <0.001 | | Intermediate | 237 (43.9%) | 436 (40.2%) | | High | 110 (20.4%) | 330 (30.4%) | | Hypertension | 189 (34.4%) | 281 (25.6%) | <0.001 | | Dyslipidemia | 261 (47.5%) | 436 (39.7%) | 0.002 | | Current smoker | 125 (22.8%) | 191 (17.4%) | 0.006 | | Obesity | 129 (23.5%) | 176 (16.0%) | <0.001 | | Diabetes | 84 (15.3%) | 118 (10.7%) | 0.005 |
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SES: socioeconomic status.
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