Psoriasis in obesity: comparison of serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in obese subjects - cases and controls.
Nádia Couto BavosoJackson Machado PintoMaria Marta Sarquis SoaresMichelle Dos Santos DinizAntônio Lúcio TeixeiraPublished in: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia (2019)
The prevalence of obesity among psoriasis cases (33%) was higher than in the general population (17.4%). We did not find any correlation between severity of psoriasis and inflammatory cytokines and the condition of being overweight. The overweight cases had lower values of adiponectin than the overweight controls. It seems, therefore, that there is a relationship between adiponectin and psoriasis, but this relationship depends on the presence of obesity.