Hipertensión arterial en pacientes con diagnóstico de psoriasis atendidos en consulta externa del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante 2019-2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease related to immune mechanisms whose main clinical manifestation is cutaneous lesions. Several studies have shown a high prevalence of arterial hypertension in the psoriatic population, it has been controversial since the cause has not been discovered, however some hypotheses have been put forward that include the inflammatory mechanisms shared by both pathologies. Objective: To determine the prevalence of arterial hypertension in patients diagnosed with psoriasis seen in the outpatient clinic of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital from January 2019 to July 2021. Materials and methods: Observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive epidemiological study. Data obtained by reviewing the medical records of a population of 333 patients diagnosed with psoriasis. Results: The prevalence of arterial hypertension in psoriatic patients was 44.74%. 53.2% of the population of 333 patients was male. Psoriatic patients older than 65 years have twice the risk of developing arterial hypertension (RR 2.36). Among the personal pathological antecedents, arterial hypertension was the main associated morbidity. Conclusions: In agreement with previous investigations, the psoriatic patients in the present study show a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. Psoriatic patients are mostly male, however the difference is not significant, showing a similar distribution in both sexes. With regard to patients diagnosed with psoriasis, we conclude that those over 65 years of age suffer more frequently from arterial hypertension as an associated pathology.