Cardiovascular comorbidities in patients with rosacea: a nationwide case-control study from Taiwan
TC Hua, PI Chung, YJ Chen, LC Wu, YD Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. Inflammation plays a
prominent role in atherosclerosis and its complications. Objective We sought to investigate
the associations of rosacea with cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiovascular
diseases from a nationwide population-based database. Methods A total of 33,553 patients
with rosacea and 67,106 age-and gender-matched control subjects were identified from the
National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan from 1997 to 2010. Multivariate …
prominent role in atherosclerosis and its complications. Objective We sought to investigate
the associations of rosacea with cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiovascular
diseases from a nationwide population-based database. Methods A total of 33,553 patients
with rosacea and 67,106 age-and gender-matched control subjects were identified from the
National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan from 1997 to 2010. Multivariate …