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Psoriasis and vitiligo are close relatives.

Khalifa E Sharquie¹, Husam Ali Salman¹, Aseel K Yaseen²

¹Department of Dermatology and Venereology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology

|September 19, 2017

Summary

Vitiligo patients have a significantly higher frequency of psoriasis (6%) compared to healthy individuals (0.4%). This study confirms a close relationship between these two autoimmune skin conditions.

Keywords:

overlap psoriasis relationship vitiligo

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Dermatology
Autoimmune diseases
Genetics

Background:

Vitiligo and psoriasis are chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases with known genetic components.
Understanding the co-occurrence and familial links between these conditions is crucial for patient management.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the prevalence of psoriasis in vitiligo patients and vice versa.
To compare these frequencies with those in healthy control populations.
To investigate familial aggregation of psoriasis in vitiligo patients and vice versa.

Main Methods:

A case-control study involving 1000 participants: 250 with vitiligo, 250 with psoriasis, and 500 healthy controls.
Assessed disease frequencies and family history of related conditions within each group.
Statistical analysis to compare frequencies between patient and control groups.

Main Results:

Psoriasis occurred significantly more often in vitiligo patients (6%) than in controls (0.4%, P=0.001).
Vitiligo frequency in psoriatic patients (2%) did not differ significantly from controls (0.6%, P=0.16).
A significant association was found for family history of psoriasis in vitiligo patients (9.2% vs 4%, P=0.043) and family history of vitiligo in psoriatic patients (9.6% vs 8%, P=0.042).

Conclusions:

This study confirms a significant association between vitiligo and psoriasis.
Vitiligo patients exhibit an increased risk of developing psoriasis.
Genetic predisposition may play a role in the co-occurrence of these autoimmune skin diseases.