Key clinical point: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were more likely to have cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and metabolic syndrome (MS) than patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Major finding : MS (odds ratio [OR] 1.54; P = .002) and CVD (OR 6.13; P = .001) were more frequently observed in patients with PsA vs RA.
Study details : Findings are from a cross-sectional study including 197 patients with PsA and 279 patients with RA.
Disclosures: This study was supported by Peking University First Hospital, China, and other sources. The authors declared no conflict of interests.
Source: Li B et al. Discrepancy in metabolic syndrome between psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: A direct comparison of two cohorts in one center. Rheumatol Ther. 2022 (Oct 20). Doi: 10.1007/s40744-022-00502-4