Significant association found between low cardiorespiratory fitness at mean age of 18.3 years and psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis among men<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Low cardiovascular fitness in late adolescence is associated with an increased risk for incident psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis among men, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in PLOS ONE<\/em>.<\/p>\n Marta Laskowski, from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and colleagues examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and risk for onset of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in a cohort of Swedish men in compulsory military service between 1968 and 2005.<\/p>\n The researchers identified 20,679 cases of incident psoriasis and 6,133 cases of incident psoriatic arthritis among 1,228,562 men during a median follow-up of 31 years (mean age at baseline, 18.3 years). A significant association was seen between low cardiorespiratory fitness and incident psoriasis (hazard ratio, 1.35) and psoriatic arthritis (hazard ratio, 1.44).<\/p>\n “Low fitness was already known to boost the risk of incurring cardiovascular disease, and psoriasis as such is linked to raised cardiovascular disease risk, too,” Laskowski said in a statement. “The results from our study confirm the reasons for assessing people’s fitness early in life, to identify individuals at a higher risk for adverse health outcomes later in life.”<\/p>\n