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Dietary intake in relation to clinical status in patients with psoriasis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Kari Solvoll ,
Elisabeth Søyland ,
Berit Sandstad  and
Christian A. Drevon
Kari Solvoll
Affiliation:
1Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, PO Box 1046 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Elisabeth Søyland
Affiliation:
2Department of Dermatology, Rikshospitalet, Pilestredet 32, N-0027 Oslo, Norway
Berit Sandstad
Affiliation:
1Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, PO Box 1046 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Christian A. Drevon
Affiliation:
1Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, PO Box 1046 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Abstract

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The aim of the present study was to examine whether the composition of the diet among patients with psoriasis differed from a regular Norwegian diet and to relate nutrient intake to the clinical status of the patients' disease. Patients were recruited from all five university Departments of Dermatology in Norway. The participants filled in a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire before attending a clinical trial. Dietary data were available from ninety-three men and forty-three women, aged 17-73 years, witb stable plaque psoriasis involving more than 8% of the body surface. The dietary intake of the patients was compared with the diet of a reference group randomly selected from the Norwegian population, and related to a dermatological score of the psoriatics. The patients' intakes of energy and nutrients were fairly similar to those found in the reference group, except for a lower content of carbohydrates and sugar in the diet of female patients. None of the nutrients gave statistically significant contributions to explain the clinical score values when analysed by correlations.

Keywords

PsoriasisNutrient intake
Type
Human and Clinical Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , March 1997 , pp. 337 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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