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Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of the participants were recorded. EAT, left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), interventricular septum thickness (IVS), and ejection fraction (EF) were measured by echocardiography. Associations between EAT thickness and patient parameters were evaluated using Spearman correlation and multivariate linear regression analyses.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The mean ages of the patient and control groups were 43.88 \u00b1 13.1 years and 44.81 \u00b1 12.88 years, respectively. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LVESD, and IVS were significantly higher in the control group compared with psoriasis patients (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.021,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001, respectively). C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), systolic blood pressure (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), diastolic blood pressure (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.023), and EAT thickness (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) were significantly higher in the patient group. Disease duration (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.028) and PASI (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.012) were significantly greater in psoriasis patients with PsA. EAT positively correlated with body mass index (BMI) (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.307,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.024), CRP (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.344,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), and systolic blood pressure (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.185,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.044).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n EAT thickness was higher in patients with psoriasis than in control participants. 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