Iván Ernesto Moreno Plaza: MIGLOBAL Group Presents Genetic Studies about Psoriasis & Obesity

Iván Ernesto Moreno Plaza: Genetic relation between diseases

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark reviewed the data of life corresponding to large number of twins born during a period of time in this country, to determine whether diseases like psoriasis, diabetes of type 2 and obesity are related in some way, through a comprehensive questionnaire which they asked questions about psoriasis; the results have led to think that there may be links between those diseases. Today, MIGLOBAL brings you more information about these researches and studies about these 3 diseases and its genetic relation.

Dr. Ann Sophie Lønnberg, leader of the professional team who collected these data, has revealed that the universe of twins among which the study was done, reaches 33,588 individuals aged between 21 and 70 years old, from which more than half were women. The results of the questions asked were checked against records of diagnosis of diabetes of type 2 and Body Mass Index (BMI).

Participants provided helpful information, such as the skin disease affected 4.2% of them, 630 of them were men and 771 women, while 1.4% suffered from diabetes, counting 235 women and 224 men; on the other hand, the BMI overall average was 24.5, and 6.3% were listed as obese when dialing a rate of 30.

Iván Ernesto Moreno Plaza: Data about diabetes, obesity and psoriasis

Psoriasis was present in 7.6% of patients with diabetes, but only reached 4.1% in those without the disease. Individuals with psoriasis scored a BMI average of 25, much higher than those who did not suffer that disease, which was 24.4, which can mean that people with psoriasis have a greater chance of presenting a high Body mass index and obesity than those without it.

720 cases of the twins studied, showed that only one of the two brothers/sisters showed psoriasis, which also had a high BMI level and were more likely to develop obesity than the other, which gives scientists the possibility to think that both conditions could be from the same genetic cause. However, they are quick to indicate that a disease does not automatically lead to the other.