Age-specific prevalence of psoriasis in an unselected sample of 25,956 Italian hospital inpatients: evidence for selective excess mortality after 70 years of age

Eur J Dermatol. 2018 Feb 1;28(1):103-105. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2017.3177.

Authors

Francesco Ricci¹, Annarita Panebianco², Luca Fania³, Luciano Sobrino⁴, Francesca Sampogna¹, Sabatino Pallotta⁵, Andrea Paradisi⁶, Damiano Abeni¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, IDI-IRCCS, FLMM, Rome, Italy.
² Medical Direction of the IDI-IRCCS, FLMM, Rome, Italy.
³ 1st Dermatological Clinic, IDI-IRCCS, FLMM, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Hospital Information System, IDI-IRCCS, FLMM, Rome, Italy.
⁵ 5th Dermatological Clinic, IDI-IRCCS, FLMM, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Dermatology Unit, "Cristo Re" General Hospital, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 29171403
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2017.3177

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Inpatients / statistics & numerical data
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Psoriasis / epidemiology*
Psoriasis / mortality
Young Adult