Table 1.
Baseline patient demographics at the index visit
| Patient characteristic | N = 130 |
|---|---|
| Demographics and socioeconomic characteristics | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 50.2 (13.8) |
| Gender (female), n (%) | 51 (39.2) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 94 (72.3) |
| Black | 6 (4.6) |
| Asian | 17 (13.1) |
| Other | 13 (10.0) |
| Ethnicity, Hispanic, n (%) | 14 (10.9) |
| Health insurance type, n (%) | |
| Private, n (%) | 91 (70.0) |
| Medicare, n (%) | 11 (8.5) |
| Medicaid, n (%) | 9 (6.9) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| High school graduate/GED | 26 (20.0) |
| Some college/associate degree | 39 (30.0) |
| College graduate or higher | 56 (43.1) |
| Work status, n (%) | |
| Full time | 89 (68.5) |
| Part time | 8 (6.2) |
| Work at home | 4 (3.1) |
| Student | 3 (2.3) |
| Disabled | 7 (5.4) |
| Retired | 19 (14.6) |
| Unemployed | 33 (25.4) |
| Lifestyle characteristics | |
| Smoking history, n (%) | |
| Never smoked | 62 (47.7) |
| Former smoker | 42 (32.3) |
| Current smoker | 26 (20.0) |
| Current alcohol use, n (%) | |
| None/occasional | 65 (50.4) |
| 1–3 drinks per week | 16 (12.4) |
| 1–2 drinks per day | 43 (33.3) |
| > 3 drinks per day | 5 (3.9) |
| Body height (m), mean (SD) | 1.7 (0.1) |
| Body weight (kg), mean (SD) | 96.7 (23.0) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 32.7 (7.8) |
| BMI (kg/m2), n (%) | |
| < 25 (underweight/normal) | 20 (15.4) |
| 25–30 (overweight) | 36 (27.7) |
| > 30 (obese) | 74 (56.9) |
| History of selected comorbidities n (%) | |
| Hypertension | 46 (35.4) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 33 (25.4) |
| Infectiona | |
| Serious infections |
27 (20.8) 4 (3.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 21 (16.2) |
| Depression | 21 (16.2) |
| Anxiety | 20 (15.4) |
| Cardiovascular diseaseb | 15 (11.5) |
| Cancer | 14 (10.8) |
| Crohn’s disease | 1 (0.8) |
| Ulcerative colitis | 0 (0.0) |
| Modified CCIc, mean (SD) | 0.3 (0.6) |
| Modified CCI Score, n (%) | |
| 0 | 96 (73.9) |
| 1 | 31 (23.9) |
| 2 | 2 (1.5) |
| ≥ 3 | 1 (0.8) |
BMI body mass index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, GED general education development, GI gastrointestinal, IV intravenous, SD standard deviation
aInfections included joint/bursa, cellulitis/skin, sinusitis, candida, diverticulitis, sepsis, pneumonia, bronchitis, gastroenteritis, meningitis/encephalitis, urinary tract, upper respiratory, tuberculosis, and other. Infections resulting in hospitalization or administration of IV antibiotics indicate serious infection
bCardiovascular disease included baseline history of any of the following: cardiac revascularization procedure, ventricular arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure; cerebrovascular disease included baseline history of any of the following: stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral vascular disease, and peripheral arterial disease
cThe CorEvitas Psoriasis Registry does not capture the following comorbid conditions that are included in the CCI: dementia, kidney disease, hemiplegia, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, connective tissue disease