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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Dermatol. 2013 Jan;52(1):32–40. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05430.x

Table 1.

Risk of cardiovascular events prior to incidence/index date

Diagnosis Psoriasis
n=1344
Non-psoriasis
n=2678
Odds ratio (95% CI)* p-value
Myocardial infarction (by codes only) 46 (3.4%) 76 (2.8%) 1.24 (0.84, 1.85) 0.28
Myocardial infarction (validated) 16 (1.2%) 22 (0.8%) 1.47 (0.76, 2.86) 0.25
Heart failure 30 (2.2%) 44 (1.6%) 1.42 (0.86, 2.32) 0.17
*

adjusted for age, sex and calendar year