RT Journal Article T1 Cardiovascular risk factors in psoriatic disease: psoriasis versus psoriatic arthritis. A1 Barbarroja, Nuria A1 Arias-de la Rosa, Ivan A1 Lopez-Medina, Clementina A1 Camacho-Sanchez, Maria Del Rosario A1 Gomez-Garcia, Ignacio A1 Velez Garcia-Nieto, Antonio A1 Escudero-Contreras, Alejandro A1 Lopez-Pedrera, Chary A1 Lopez-Montilla, Maria Dolores A1 Collantes-Estevez, Eduardo K1 Arthritis, psoriatic K1 Cardiovascular diseases K1 Diabetes mellitus, type 2 K1 Technology assessment, biomedical AB Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of mortality in patients with psoriatic disease. Traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, such as arterial hypertension (HTA), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and dyslipidaemia are more prevalent in these patients compared with the general population.1 Besides, the chronic inflammatory state induced by psoriatic disease contributes to subclinical atherosclerosis, making it possible to consider psoriatic disease as an independent CV risk factor.2 In fact, accelerated atherosclerosis has been associated with both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), progression of which is responsible for the majority of CVD mortality in these patients PB Sage Publications SN 1759-720X YR 2019 FD 2019-10-16 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15522 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15522 LA en NO Barbarroja N, Arias-de la Rosa I, López-Medina C, Camacho-Sánchez MDR, Gómez-García I, Vélez-García AJ, et al. Cardiovascular risk factors in psoriatic disease: psoriasis versus psoriatic arthritis. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2019 Oct 16;11:1759720X19880742 DS RISalud RD May 9, 2025