Table 1.

Broad Characteristics of Skin Diseases According to Cardiovascular Risk Association

	Common Pathogenic Features	Cardiovascular Risk Factors	Non-Specific Inflammation
Traditionally CVD-associated diseases	Demonstrated or widely accepted	Increased or more prevalent traditional or non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors, Framingham Score or European Score demonstrated high	Widely accepted chronic inflammation as a part of the pathogenic process
Emergent CVD-associated diseases	None or poorly studied	Increased in one or more traditional or non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors	Chronic inflammation described as a part of the pathogenic process