Women have lower incidence of severe psoriasis compared to Men

[Fred]

This study of 5,438 Swedish psoriasis patients suggests women have a statistically significant lower incidence of severe psoriasis compared to men.

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The fact that men are overrepresented in psoriasis registers and consume more psoriasis care have long led researchers to believe that the common skin disease disproportionally affects men. A unique study with 5,438 Swedish psoriasis patients now reveals that women have a statistically significant lower incidence of severe psoriasis compared to men.

The study, conducted by researchers at Umeå University and Karolinska Institutet, is published today in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology.

“Our results tell us that the well-established gender differences in the utilization of psoriasis care can at least partially be explained by a higher prevalence of more severe disease in men,” says Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf, who is researcher at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University and senior author of the study.

The study of gender differences in severe psoriasis cases was based on the Swedish quality register for systemic treatment of psoriasis, PsoReg, which contains detailed disease measurement data on all patients measured with the standard method Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). In the analysis, the researchers found that women had significantly (p<0.001) lower median PASI values than men (5.4 for women versus 7.3 for men). The findings of more severe psoriasis in men were consistent across all ages and in all areas of the body except for the head.

“These findings should motivate a gender perspective in the management of severe psoriasis and its comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and metabolic disease,” says Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf.

The researchers point out that the study found no differences between women and men in the use of medications before enrolment in the PsoReg register that may explain the observed sex difference. Instead, the researchers argue, the finding that women have less severe psoriasis can explain the well-known male dominance in systemic treatment of psoriasis.

Source: umu.se

[Hanna]

Im such a rare jewel LOL
The worst case my derm had ever seen

[Turnedlight]

They only know about and can count those people who seek medical help - perhaps a lot more women present themselves at a much earlier stage or only have mild psoriasis and perhaps there are conversely more men out there with mild psoriasis who don't seek treatment? Just a thought but if that were the case it could skew the results?

[Caroline]

That is very well possible TL & Hanna, but we women may also be very lucky, remember we also never suffer from that terrible man-flu, the guys sometimes have.

[Fred]

That is very well possible TL & Hanna,  but we women may also be very lucky, remember we also never suffer from that terrible man-flu, the guys sometimes have.  

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