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Pediatric Psoriasis: C-reactive Protein Levels Assocaited With Disease Severity, BMI

Featured on: Modern Medicine
Publication date: May 1, 2009

A link between inflammation, obesity and psoriasis severity in children and adolescents has been identified in a study that showed elevated levels of the C-reactive protein associated with obesity in psoriasis patients. Scientists conclude that medical attention when treating pediatric patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis should include BMI analysis, blood pressure, and cardiovascular risk

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