Psoriasis and risk of atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke: a Danish Nationwide Cohort Study

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Abstract

AimsPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease and inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation (AF) and ischaemic stroke. We therefore investigated the risk of these endpoints in patients with psoriasis.Methods and resultsCohort study of the entire Danish population followed from 1997 to 2006 by individual-level-linkage of nationwide prospectively recorded registers. Multivariable Poisson's regression and sensitivity analyses were used to assess the psoriasis-related risk of AF and ischaemic stroke. A total of 36 765 patients with mild psoriasis and 2793 with severe psoriasis were compared with 4 478 926 individuals, i.e. the reference population. In patients with mild psoriasis, the adjusted rate ratios (RRs) for AF were 1.50 (1.21-1.86) and 1.16 (1.08-1.24) in patients aged
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Heart Journal (English Edition)
ISSN0195-668X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 25 aug. 2011

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