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SynthesisEuropean journal of epidemiology2018

Body mass index, abdominal fatness, weight gain and the risk of psoriasis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Dagfinn Aune, Ingrid Snekvik, Sabrina Schlesinger, Teresa Norat, Elio Riboli, Lars J Vatten

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in European journal of epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of weight-loss interventions on psoriasis severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  9. The effects of GLP-1RA on inflammatory skin diseases: A comprehensive review.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  14. Psoriasis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  19. Association of psoriasis with allergic multimorbidity of asthma, rhinitis, and eczema among adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dagfinn AuneDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-1722
Ingrid SnekvikDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Sabrina SchlesingerGerman Diabetes Center (DDZ), Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Teresa NoratDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK.
Elio RiboliDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK.
Lars J VattenDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology · NOSt Mary's Hospital · GBDeutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. · DEOslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Greater body mass index (BMI) has been associated with increased risk of psoriasis in case-control and cross-sectional studies, however, the evidence from prospective studies has been limited. We conducted a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of different adiposity measures and the risk of psoriasis to provide a more robust summary of the evidence based on data from prospective studies. PubMed and Embase databases were searched for relevant studies up to August 8th 2017. Summary relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random effects model. The summary relative risk (RR) for a 5 unit increment in BMI was 1.19 (95% CI 1.10-1.28, I

Indexed as

Abdominal FatBody Mass IndexWeight GainHumansPsoriasisRisk FactorsBody mass indexMeta-analysisPsoriasisSystematic reviewWaist circumferenceWaist-to-hip ratioWeight gain

Identifiers

PMID29680995
PMCPMC6290660
OpenAlexW2803025618

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