Body Composition & Risk in Psoriatic Disease
In this episode, host Dr. Mio Nakamura (University of Michigan) speaks with Dr. Lyn Ferguson (University of Glasgow) about her study on how body composition (not just weight) impacts psoriatic disease and cardiometabolic risk. This study was supported by a GRAPPA Pilot Research Grant.
Highlights
Obesity is strongly linked to worse psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis outcomes
Visceral fat, liver fat, and muscle fat are more important than BMI alone
Patients with psoriatic disease show:
Higher visceral and ectopic fat
Lower muscle volume
Adverse muscle composition (low muscle + high fat) is a key…
The skinny
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