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Does Proinflammatory Diet Trigger Adult PsA?

Key clinical point: Study results may not be generalizable to other study populations.

Major finding: No association was found between proinflammatory diet and increased likelihood for incident psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, or atopic dermatitis in adult women.

Study details: Large retrospective cohort study of 85,185 psoriasis subjects and 63,443 atopic dermatitis subjects.

Disclosures: The study was funded by Brown University department of dermatology and from Regeneron, Sanofi, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Institute. Two coauthors, one of whom has a patent pending for the nix-tix tick remover, disclosed ties with various companies.