Disease Burden and Quality of Life in Psoriasis Patients With and Without Comorbid Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From National Psoriasis Foundation Panel Surveys
Ms. Edson-Heredia, Drs. Zhu and Maeda-Chubachi, and Ms. Guo are from Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Lebwohl is from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
This study was fully sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. Ms. Edson-Heredia, Drs. Zhu and Maeda-Chubachi, and Ms. Guo are employees and stockholders for Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Lebwohl is a consultant and investigator for AbGenomics International Inc; Amgen Inc; Can-Fite BioPharma; Coronado Biosciences; Dermipsor Ltd; Eli Lilly and Company; Forward Pharma; Janssen Biotech Inc; LEO Pharma; Meda Pharmaceuticals; Merck & Co; Novartis Corporation; Pfizer Inc; Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc; and UCB, Inc.
Correspondence: Emily Edson-Heredia, MPH, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285 (eheredia@lilly.com).
Patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and comorbid PsA reported significantly higher rates of diabetes mellitus, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, other arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and high blood pressure than patients with moderate to severe psoriasis alone (P<.05)(Table 2). In the group with psoriasis alone, patients with moderate to severe psoriasis had significantly lower rates of lupus compared to those with mild psoriasis (P<.05). In the group with PsA, patients with moderate to severe psoriasis were significantly more likely to report diagnoses of colitis, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, and high blood pressure compared to those with mild to no psoriasis (P<.05).
