Risk of aortic aneurysm in patients with psoriasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between psoriasis and the risk of aortic aneurysm is still unclear.

Hypothesis

Patients with psoriasis have a higher risk of aortic aneurysm than healthy individuals.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, and Scopus from inception to 20 July 2019 were searched. We included cohort studies if they reported estimate effects on the risk of aortic aneurysm in patient with psoriasis. We used Newcastle-Ottawa Scale to evaluate methodology quality of eligible studies. Random-effect meta-analyses were used to estimate the overall risk. Subgroup analyses were conducted for analysis of influencing factors.

Results

After a view of 2207 citations, we included three large cohort studies enrolling 5 706 525 participants in this systematic review. Psoriasis patien

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature