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Table 3 Correlations among PASI score and study variable in psoriatic patients

From: Bioelectrical phase angle and psoriasis: a novel association with psoriasis severity, quality of life and metabolic syndrome

Parameters

Simple correlation

Adjusted for BMI

PASI score

PASI score

r

p value

r

p value

Age (years)

0.129

0.083

0.147

0.057

DLQI

0.632

<0.001

0.612

<0.001

Anthropometric variables

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.306

<0.001

–

–

 WC (cm)

0.405

<0.001

0.272

<0.001

Metabolic profile

 SBP (mmHg)

0.219

0.003

0.162

0.036

 DBP (mmHg)

0.177

0.017

0.110

0.153

 Glucose (mg/dl)

0.181

0.015

0.109

0.158

 Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

0.398

<0.001

0.499

<0.001

 HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

−0.368

<0.001

−0.339

<0.001

 LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

0.489

<0.001

0.462

<0.001

 Triglycerides (mg/ml)

0.503

<0.001

0.474

<0.001

 AST (U/l)

0.203

0.006

0.131

0.089

 ALT (U/l)

0.184

0.014

0.096

0.215

 MetS (n. parameters)

0.450

<0.001

0.362

<0.001

 CRP levels (ng/ml)

0.430

<0.001

0.383

<0.001

Bioelectrical variables

 R (Ohm/m)

0.312

<0.001

0.414

<0.001

 Xc (Ohm/m)

−0.587

<0.001

−0.529

<0.001

  1. Simple and partial correlation among PASI score, age, DLQI, anthropometric variables, metabolic profile and bioelectrical variables. There was a significant positive correlation among PASI score and DLQI, BMI, WC, SBP, DBP, glucose, lipid and hepatic profile, MetS and R; moreover there was a significant negative association with HDL-cholesterol and Xc. After adjustment for BMI, the association among PASI score and DBP, glucose, AST and ALT, were lost
  2. Correlations among variables were analyzed using Pearson r or Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients. A p value in italic denotes a significant difference (p < 0.05)
  3. PASI psoriasis area and severity index, DLQI dermatology life quality index, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, MetS metabolic syndrome, CRP c-reactive protein, R resistance, Xc reactance
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Journal of Translational Medicine

ISSN: 1479-5876

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