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 3 Association between psoriasis and hsCRP

Model	Adjusted geometric mean ratio of hsCRP comparing psoriasis to control patients (95 % CI)	p-value
Presence of psoriasis	1.71 (1.20, 2.44)	0.0030
Presence of psoriasis + age	1.74 (1.22, 2.47)	0.0020
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender	1.75 (1.24, 2.48)	0.0016
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race	1.75 (1.24, 2.48)	0.0016
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI	1.43 (1.06, 1.91)	0.0180
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker	1.35 (1.00, 1.82)	0.0478
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension	1.32 (0.97, 1.78)	0.0769
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension + HDL	1.31 (0.97, 1.78)	0.0830
Presence of psoriasis + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension + HDL + atherosclerosis	1.28 (0.94, 1.74)	0.1180

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