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 4 Association between psoriasis severity and hsCRP

Model	Adjusted geometric mean ratio of hsCRP for every 15 % increase in BSA (95 % CI)	p-value	Adjusted geometric mean ratio of hsCRP for every 10 unit increase in PASI (95 % CI)	p-value	Adjusted geometric mean ratio of hsCRP for every 1 unit increase in PGA (95 % CI)	p-value
Psoriasis severity	1.29 (1.11, 1.49)	0.0008	1.36 (1.15, 1.62)	0.0001	1.42 (1.18, 1.71)	0.0002
Psoriasis severity + age	1.31 (1.13, 1.51)	0.0003	1.39 (1.17, 1.65)	0.0001	1.44 (1.21, 1.73)	0.0001
Psoriasis severity +age + gender	1.31 (1.14, 1.52)	0.0002	1.40 (1.18, 1.66)	0.0001	1.45 (1.21, 1.74)	<0.0001
Psoriasis severity +age + gender + race	1.32 (1.14, 1.52)	0.0002	1.41 (1.18, 1.67)	0.0001	1.45 (1.21, 1.74)	0.0001
Psoriasis severity +age + gender + race + BMI	1.23 (1.09, 1.39)	0.0010	1.31 (1.13, 1.51)	0.0002	1.35 (1.16, 1.57)	0.0001
Psoriasis severity + age + gender + race +BMI + current smoker	1.22 (1.08, 1.38)	0.0013	1.30 (1.13, 1.50)	0.0003	1.33 (1.14, 1.55)	0.0002
Psoriasis severity + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension	1.21 (1.07, 1.37)	0.0018	1.29 (1.12, 1.49)	0.0005	1.33 (1.15, 1.55)	0.0002
Psoriasis severity + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension + HDL	1.21 (1.08, 1.37)	0.0018	1.29 (1.12, 1.49)	0.0005	1.33 (1.15, 1.55)	0.0002
Psoriasis severity + age + gender + race + BMI + current smoker + hypertension + HDL + atherosclerosis	1.21 (1.07, 1.37)	0.0022	1.28 (1.11, 1.48)	0.0006	1.33 (1.15, 1.55)	0.0002

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