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- Title
Central Obesity in Children with Psoriasis.
- Authors
GUIDOLIN, Lucia; BORIN, Marco; FONTANA, Elena; CAROPPO, Francesca; PIASERICO, Stefano; BELLONI FORTINA, Anna
- Abstract
The article presents a study on the relationship between psoriasis and body mass index (BMI) and obesity. The study evaluated central obesity of children with and without psoriasis from the same demographic characteristics and lifestyles using waist-to-height ratio (WhtR) as waist circumference (WC). Result shows that prevalence of excess adiposity and central obesity was higher on children with psoriasis.
- Subjects
PSORIASIS; BODY mass index; OBESITY; WAIST circumference; PEDIATRIC physiology
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2018, Vol 98, Issue 2, p282
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-2816