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Anthropometric, clinical, and metabolic comorbidity details (including disease extent and severity scores, obesity, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lipid abnormalities, and metabolic syndrome) were obtained in both groups according to standard criteria.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Fifty-eight children with psoriasis (25 males\/33 females, age 11.3 \u00b1 3.0 years, range 4 to 17 years) and 62 children without psoriasis (37 males\/25 females, age 11.0 \u00b1 3.6 years, range 4 to 18 years) were recruited. The prevalence of obesity (31.0% versus 14.5%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.031, odds ratio 2.65) and metabolic syndrome (18.6% versus 4.6%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.044, odds ratio 4.68) were higher in children with psoriasis than without. The prevalence of other metabolic comorbidities (systemic hypertension, pre-diabetes, lipid abnormalities, elevated serum alanine aminotransferase, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) was not different between children with and without psoriasis and between obese and non-obese children with psoriasis. Among children with psoriasis, those with abdominal obesity had significantly lower disease severity and extent scores than those without.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Psoriasis is associated with a significantly higher prevalence of obesity and close to significantly higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in South-Asian children. Screening for metabolic comorbidities is essential even in non-obese children with psoriasis. Disease extent and severity are less in obese compared to non-obese South-Asian children with psoriasis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/idoj.idoj_729_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,26]],"date-time":"2024-06-26T01:01:12Z","timestamp":1719363672000},"page":"605-611","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Metabolic Comorbidities in Pediatric Psoriasis\u2014A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study in South-Asian Children"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ranjana E.","family":"Joseph","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dharshini","family":"Sathishkumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, 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