Body mass index, waist circumference and HOMA-IR correlate with the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index in patients with psoriasis receiving phototherapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 436-438

  Tobin, A M ^a   Hackett, C B ^a   Rogers, S ^a   Collins, P ^a   Richards, H L ^b   O'Shea, D ^a   Kirby, B ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PSORALEN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929130676     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12914     Document Type: Letter

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