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Cardiac and cardiovascular morbidities in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a population-based case control study

Clinical Rheumatology volume 38, pages 2069–2075 (2019)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective

To assess the prevalence of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD-related morbidity in a large Middle-Eastern psoriatic arthritis (PsA) cohort.

Method

A retrospective case control study was conducted using Israel’s largest health care provider’s patient database from 2000 to 2013. For each patient with PsA, 10 patients with no history of psoriasis or arthritis were matched for age and sex. Analysis of CVD-related risk factors and morbidity included hypertension (HTN), hyperlipidemia (HLD), diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM-2), obesity, smoking, ischemic heart disease (IHD), congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), aortic aneurism, valvular heart disease (VHD), and cardiomyopathy. Statistical analysis was conducted using t test and chi-square tests as appropriate. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression models assessed the association between PsA and CVD-related risk factors and morbidity.

Results

Three thousand one hundred sixty-one PsA patients were included, with average age 58 ± 15.0 years, of whom 53.4% were women. Increased prevalence of DM-2, HLD, HTN, and obesity (OR 1.7, 1.5, 1.5, 1.5 respectively) was noted in the PsA group. Increased prevalence of IHD (p < 0.0001), PVD (p < 0.0001), CHF (p = 0.002), VHD (p < 0.0001), and cardiomyopathy (p = 0.006) was found in the PsA group compared to the control group even after adjusting for CVD risk factors.

Conclusions

A high prevalence of CVD-related risk factors and morbidity was found in this Middle Eastern PsA population, in accordance with data from other geographic regions. These results emphasize the importance of clinician awareness of the increased risk for CVD-related complications in PsA patients.

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  1. Rheumatology Unit, Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, 34362, Haifa, Israel

    Adi Kibari, Tal Gazitt & Devy Zisman

  2. Chief Physician’s Office, Central Headquarters, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Arnon D. Cohen, Haim Bitterman, Ilan Feldhamer, Guy Shalom & Sari Greenberg-Dotan

  3. Siaal Research Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel

    Arnon D. Cohen

  4. The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

    Haim Bitterman & Devy Zisman

  5. Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Idit Lavi

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Kibari, A., Cohen, A.D., Gazitt, T. et al. Cardiac and cardiovascular morbidities in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a population-based case control study. Clin Rheumatol 38, 2069–2075 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-019-04528-y

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Keywords

  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors
  • CVD-related morbidity
  • Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)