Psoriasis and the Risk of Diabetes Mellitus
News Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012JAMA: 10/15/12
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
To compare the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus between patients with psoriasis and those without psoriasis.
Data Sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews between January 1, 1980, and January 1, 2012.
Study Selection Observational (cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional) studies published in English that compared the prevalence or incidence of diabetes among patients with psoriasis with individuals serving as controls.
Data Extraction Two independent investigators extracted the data. The quality of evidence was assessed using a 6-point scale. Read more