Analysis supports link between psoriasis and obstructive sleep apnea
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"Patients with psoriasis had a 1.77-fold increased risk of having obstructive sleep apnea"
- After adjust forage, gender, race, BMI, smoking status, type 2 diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, history of myocardial infarction, angina, and peripheral artery disease (OR, 1.45, 95% CI, 1.35 - 1.55; P <.001).
Both Psoriasis and Sleep Apnea are associated with low vitamin D
VitaminDWiki – Psoriasis category contains
Some of the- Psoriasis is most strongly associated with low vitamin D (15 things were evaluated) – July 2022
- Long-term Psoriasis cured by 30,000 to 60,000 IU of Vitamin D daily (pictures and video) – early 2022
- Psoriasis paradigm shift – use topicals, like Vitamin D – Aug 2021
- Low Vitamin D plus psoriasis equals 8 times more likely to die – Dec 2020
- UV has treated psoriasis for over a century, guidelines finally agreed upon – Aug 2019
- Psoriasis severity associated with low vitamin D (10 studies) – meta-analysis Jan 2018
- Psoriasis reduced for those getting Vitamin D levels above 50 ng – RCT Feb 2018
- 35,000 IU vitamin D daily for 6 months helped ALL psoriasis suffers (106 ng) – Brazil March 2013
VitaminDWiki – Sleep Apnea and Vitamin D - many studies 13+
VitaminDWiki – Diseases that may be related via low vitamin D
The >80 associations includes:
- Psoriasis ==> Metabolic Syndrome
- Psoriasis ==> Kidney Disease
- Psoriasis ==> Heart problems
- Psoriasis ==> Diabetes
- Psoriasis==> Osteoporosis
- Celiac Disease ==> Anemia, Psoriasis
- Sleep Apnea ==>Fatty Liver disease
- Sleep Apnea ==>Gout
Psoriasis increases risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by 1.4X (vitamin D not mentioned) - Dec 2023
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