Family History Biggest Predictor Of Heart Attacks In People With Psoriasis, University of Copenhagen Study
People with psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease, are more likely to have heart attacks and strokes when they have a family history of cardiovascular problems, a Danish study suggests.
Psoriasis wasn't associated with higher risk of heart attacks or strokes when people with the skin condition didn't have a family history of cardiovascular disease, the study found.
But when people with mild psoriasis and a family history of major adverse cardiac events like heart attacks and strokes were compared to psoriasis sufferers without such a family history, their risk was 28 percent higher. With severe psoriasis and a family history of heart problems, the risk was 62 percent higher.
Psoriasis wasn't associated with higher risk of heart attacks or strokes when people with the skin condition didn't have a family history of cardiovascular disease, the study found.
But when people with mild psoriasis and a family history of major adverse cardiac events like heart attacks and strokes were compared to psoriasis sufferers without such a family history, their risk was 28 percent higher. With severe psoriasis and a family history of heart problems, the risk was 62 percent higher.