Journal Of Investigative Dermatology

11 April 2013: In this Skinpod episode, Dr. Robert Dellavalle speaks with Dr. Joel Gelfand, from the University of Pennsylvania, about the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients in the United Kingdom. This survey is part of a large prospective study that shows the association of psoriasis with cardiovascular events and demonstrates that psoriasis severity is an independent predictor of metabolic syndrome markers, including serum triglyceride and glucose levels.