title: Psoriasis and cardiovascular disease: where is the risk?
abstract: In this issue, Dowlatshahi et al. publish results from their population-based study in Rotterdam showing that, despite an increase in body mass index and smoking, individuals with psoriasis have no increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease. These results should be interpreted with caution: the study included relatively small numbers of patients with psoriasis, most of whom had mild disease.
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK. Electronic address: Catriona.maybury@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Catriona M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Maybury
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Catherine H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*