Volume 50, Issue 9 pp. 1156-1161
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effect of the age of onset on epidemiology, clinical features, and comorbidity of geriatric psoriasis

Chaofeng Chen

Chaofeng Chen

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Keying Che

Keying Che

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Yang Guo

Yang Guo

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Qiufeng Huang

Qiufeng Huang

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Xiaoping Hu

Corresponding Author

Xiaoping Hu

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Bo Yu and Xiaoping Hu, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.

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Bo Yu

Corresponding Author

Bo Yu

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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Bo Yu and Xiaoping Hu, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.

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First published: 22 June 2023

Chaofeng Chen and Keying Che contributed equally to this study.

Bo Yu and Xiaoping Hu are joint corresponding author.

Abstract

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, systemic disease induced by a combination of genetics and environment. Currently, there are limited reports on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of geriatric psoriatic patients in mainland China. This study analyzed the epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, and comorbidity rates of geriatric patients with psoriasis and evaluated the influence of age of onset on disease characteristics. This retrospective study enrolled 1259 geriatric patients with psoriasis in hospitals affiliated with the National Standardized Psoriasis Diagnosis and Treatment Center in China from September 2011 to July 2020 to analyze the epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, and prevalence of comorbidity in geriatric psoriasis. The cases were classified according to the age of onset into two groups to compare differences: early-onset psoriasis (EOP) and late-onset psoriasis (LOP). The mean age of geriatric patients with psoriasis was 67, with a 1.8:1 male-to-female ratio and 10.7% positive family history. The clinical manifestations of plaque psoriasis accounted for a high proportion (82.0%) and 85.1% of patients had moderate to severe disease. Overweight (27.8%), hypertension (18.0%), joint involvement (15.8%), diabetes (13.7%), and coronary heart disease (4.0%) were the first five common comorbidities. The LOP group had significantly more patients (79.9%) than the EOP group (20.1%). Positive family history was significantly associated with the EOP group (21.7%) than the LOP group (7.9%). The scalp (60.2%) was the most affected area, followed by the nails (25.3%), palmoplantar region (25.0%), and genitals (12.7%). This study analyzed the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of geriatric psoriasis in China and found that age of onset had no effect on disease characteristics or other comorbidities, except for toenail involvement, diabetes, and joint damage.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal competing interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data for the analyses in this study are available on reasonable request.

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