Prevalence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in psoriasis patients

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in a sample of psoriasis patients. METHODS: Cross-sectional observational study of 120 individuals (60 with psoriasis and 60 control subjects) paired by gender and age for thyroid function (thyroid stimulating hormone, free T4), antithyroperoxidase and antithyroglobulin tests and physical examination. Psoriasis Area and Severity Index and Nail Psoriasis Severity Index were evaluated simultaneously. Epidemiological, clinical and treatment data was collected from medical records. Patients with documented hypothyroidism a...