Table 2. Comparison of the characteristics in psoriasis patients with and without CHD.
| With psoriasis | Without psoriasis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHD | CHD | |||||||
| Total | Present | Absent | Total | Present | Absent | |||
| Variable | (n = 1,197) | (n = 108) | (n = 1,089) | (n = 111,868) | (n = 5,059) | (n = 106,809) | ||
| Age (y.o., mean, SD) | 64.1 ± 18.9 | 75.0 ± 12.8 | 63.1 ± 19.0 | n/a | 74.0 ± 12.0 | n/a | ||
| Male (n, %) | 762 (63.6%) | 81 (75%) | 681 (62.5%) | n/a | 2978 (58.8%) | n/a | ||
| Hypertension | 288 (24.0%) | 81 (75.0%) | 207 (19.0%) | 16,188 (14.4%) | 3,429 (67.7%) | 12,759 (11.9%) | ||
| Dyslipidemia | 231 (19.2%) | 63 (58.3%) | 168 (15.4%) | 9,005 (8.0%) | 1,993 (39.3%) | 7,012 (6.5%) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 252 (21.0%) | 60 (55.5%) | 192 (17.6%) | 11,303 (10.1%) | 2,382 (47.0%) | 8,921 (8.3%) | ||
| No. of the three major diseases# | ||||||||
| 3 | 73 (6.1%) | 27 (25.0%) | 46 (4.2%) | 2,883 (2.5%) | 1,066 (21.0%) | 1,817 (1.7%) | ||
| 2 | 173 (14.5%) | 49 (45.4%) | 124 (11.4%) | 7,112 (6.3%) | 1,594 (31.5%) | 5,518 (5.1%) | ||
| 1 | 204 (17.0%) | 25 (23.1%) | 179 (16.5%) | 13,623 (12.1%) | 1,418 (28.0%) | 12,205 (11.4%) | ||
| 0 | 747 (62.3%) | 7 (6.5%) | 740 (68.0%) | 88,250 (78.8%) | 981 (19.3%) | 87,269 (81.7%) | ||
| Mean No. of the disease# (95% CI) | 0.644 (0.590–0.697) | 1.888 (1.725–2.052) | 0.520 (0.469–0.571) | 0.326 (0.322–0.330) | 1.542 (1.524–1.560) | 0.268 (0.264–0.272) | ||
#: hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus, CI: confidence interval, n/a: not available.