Increased risk of psoriasis in subjects with abdominal obesity: A nationwide population‐based study

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease known to be associated with a variety of systemic comorbidities, such as metabolic syndrome and obesity. Obesity represents a major comorbidity and has been suggested to be related to psoriasis. This nationwide population‐based prospective cohort study was performed to investigate the impacts of body mass index ( BMI ) and waist circumference ( WC ) on psoriasis. We used the health check‐up...