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Hidradenitis suppurativa is associated with myocardial infarction, but not stroke or peripheral arterial disease of the lower extremities

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We performed a comparative cross-sectional study of the potential association of HS and the three outcome events: self-reported MI, self-reported stroke, and PAD measured by ankle-brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.9.… Click to show full abstract

We performed a comparative cross-sectional study of the potential association of HS and the three outcome events: self-reported MI, self-reported stroke, and PAD measured by ankle-brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.9. We included a self-reported HS group (n=430) identified in the general suburban population study (GESUS) using a validated questionnaire 2(Table 1).The control group comprised participants from GESUS without HS, n=20,780. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: associated myocardial; myocardial infarction; hidradenitis suppurativa; suppurativa associated; infarction stroke; self reported

Journal Title: British Journal of Dermatology
Year Published: 2018

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