Frequency of dyslipidemia in patients with psoriasis

Objective: to determine the frequency of dyslipidaemia in psoriatic patients. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in the department of dermatology, jinnah hospital, lahore for the duration of six months. a total of 120 patients suffering from psoriasis, of any severity, belonging to either sex and with age between 15-70 years were included in the study. all patients in the study were investigated for total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins and high-density lipoproteins after 12-14 hours of overnight fasting. results: the mean age of the patients was 38.59 ± 13.86 years. there were 78 (65%) male and 42 (35%) female patients. the mean duration of psoriasis was 5.46 ± 4.49 years. the mean pasi score was 14.98 ± 8.95. there were 67 (55.8%) patients having dyslipidaemia and 53 (44.2%) patients had normal lipid levels. 34 (28.3%) patients had raised total cholesterol (>200mg/dl), 32 (26.7%) raised low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (>130 mg/dl), 44 (36.7%) hypertriglyceridemia (>150mg/dl) and 35 (29.2%) patients had reduced high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels (<40mg/dl). conclusion: it is concluded from this study that patients of psoriasis have a high incidence of dyslipidaemia, as it was found in 55.8% of psoriatic patients.