title: Nutritional status and food intake of patients with systemic psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis associated.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the nutritional status and food intake of individuals with systemic psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis associated.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an exploratory and cross-sectional study with 34 men aged between 19 and 60 years seen at a Psoriasis Center. Participants were divided into systemic psoriasis group and arthritic-systemic psoriasis associated group. For nutritional assessment we used anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance analysis and whole-body plethysmography. Clinical and nutritional information were assessed using the clinical and nutritional history-taking, and the 24-hour dietary recall. For statistics the general linear model test (p < 0.05) was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the body mass index 29.4% patients (n = 10) were eutrophic, 41.2% (n = 14) overweight and 29% (n = 10) obese. Almost all individuals (60%; n = 21) had body fat percentage above normal levels (> 25%) and a high risk for metabolic complications according to the waist circumference and the obesity index, however, there were no statistically significant differences between groups. The mean food intake, total fat, calories and protein were above recommended levels, being 58.8% for lipids (319.17 +/- 241.02 mg of cholesterol and 17.42 +/- 11.4 g saturated fatty acids); 29.4% for calories and 67.6% for proteins. Thus, regardless of the psoriasis type, an excessive consumption of calories, lipids, fatty acids, cholesterol and a higher incidence of overweight were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sample showed an abnormal nutritional condition, an increased risk for chronic diseases related to obesity, worsening of the psoriatic lesions, and poor quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Brazilian Psoriasis Study Center- CBE, São Paulo (SP), Brazil. ma_yazigi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Marina Yazigi
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Solis
authors.forename: Nathalia Stefani
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.forename: Maria Elisa Moschetti
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Fabiana Prata
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Cid Yazigi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Sabbag
authors.forename: Antonio Hebert
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lancha Júnior
authors.forename: Vera Silvia
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Frangella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004435:Eating; D017097:Electric Impedance; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats