Visualization of atherosclerosis as detected by coronary artery calcium and carotid intima-media thickness reveals significant atherosclerosis in a cross-sectional study of psoriasis patients in a tertiary care center

Table 2 Association between psoriasis and presence of atherosclerotic disease

Model	Adjusted odds ratio of atherosclerotic disease comparing psoriasis to control patients (95 % CI)	p-value
Presence of psoriasis	1.88 (1.10, 3.21)	0.0210
Presence of psoriasis + age	3.23 (1.53, 6.80)	0.0020
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender	3.18 (1.51, 6.69)	0.0023
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race	3.18 (1.51, 6.70)	0.0023
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI	2.93 (1.38, 6.23)	0.0051
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker	2.66 (1.23, 5.77)	0.0128
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension	2.54 (1.16, 5.53)	0.0193
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension + HDL	2.72 (1.23, 6.03)	0.0138
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker +hypertension + HDL + hsCRP	2.67 (1.20, 5.92)	0.0161

Atherosclerosis defined as CAC score ≥1 (or coronary stent), or right or left CIMT >75th percentile, or the presence of carotid plaque

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