Frequency of dyslipidemia in patients with psoriasis
Objective To determine the frequency of dyslipidaemia in psoriatic patients. Methods A cross sectional study was carried out in the Department of Dermatology, Jinnah hospital, Lahore for the duration of six months. A total of 120 patients suffering from psoriasis, of any severity, belonging to either sex and with age between 15 70 years were included in the study. All patients in the study were investigated for total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins after 12 14 hours of overnight fasting. Results The mean age of the patients was 38.59 13.86 years. There were 78 (65% male and 42 (35% female patients. The mean duration of psoriasis was 5.46 4.49 years. The mean PASI score was 14.98 8.95. There were 67 (55.8% patients having dyslipidaemia and 53 (44.2% patients had normal lipid levels. 34 (28.3% patients had raised total cholesterol >200mg/dl) 32 (26.7% raised low density lipoprotein cholesterol >130 mg/dl) 44 (36.7% hypertriglyceridemia >150mg/dl) and 35 (29.2% patients had reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <40mg/dl) Conclusion It is concluded from this study that patients of psoriasis have a high incidence of dyslipidaemia, as it was found in 55.8% of psoriatic patients.