Cardiovascular comorbidities in psoriatic arthritis: epidemiology and risk factors in two different European populations.

OBJECTIVES: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease, frequently associated with cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities. Our aim was to compare the prevalence of CV comorbidities between two groups of PsA patients from different European countries: Belgium and Italy. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional analysis of two longitudinal cohorts in which 803 PsA patients were enrolled (463 from Belgium and 340 from Italy). All enrolled patients were ≥18 years old and fulfilled the ClASsification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR criteria). For each patient, demographics, clinica... Mehr ...