Chronic inflammation in psoriasis promotes visceral adiposity associated with noncalcified coronary burden over time

Chronic inflammation in psoriasis promotes visceral adiposity associated with noncalcified coronary burden over time

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with increased obesity, noncalcified coronary artery burden (NCB), and incident myocardial infarction. Here, we sought to assess the relationship among inflammation, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and NCB. Furthermore, we evaluat...

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Main Authors: Aparna Sajja, Khaled M. Abdelrahman, Aarthi S. Reddy, Amit K. Dey, Domingo E. Uceda, Sundus S. Lateef, Alexander V. Sorokin, Heather L. Teague, Jonathan Chung, Joshua Rivers, Aditya A. Joshi, Youssef A. Elnabawi, Aditya Goyal, Justin A. Rodante, Andrew Keel, Julie E. Alvarez, Benjamin Lockshin, Ronald Prussick, Evan Siegel, Martin P. Playford, Marcus Y. Chen, David A. Bluemke, Joel M. Gelfand, Nehal N. Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Clinical investigation 2020-11-01
Series:JCI Insight
Subjects:
Cardiology
Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.142534

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https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.142534

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