Peculiarities of daily blood pressure profile in patients with psoriasis according to clinical form and seasonal prevalence

The objective of the paper is to study the peculiarities of daily blood pressure profile in patients with psoriasis, according to clinical form and seasonal prevalence.Materials and Methods. The trial enrolled 90 patients with psoriasis. All patients underwent daily monitoring of blood pressure. Mann-Whitney U-test was used to test the hypothesis on the difference in the sample groups. The results were presented as medians, 25 % and 75 % quartiles: Me [25 %; 75 %].Results. Vulgar psoriasis was diagnosed in 65 (72 %) of the subjects, psoriatic arthritis in 25 (28 %). In 40 (44.5 %) patients, aggravation of psoriasis occurred regardless of the season, in 36 (40 %) patients they were more evident in winter and in 14 (15.5 %) patients - in spring-and-summer time. Type I psoriasis was determined in 48 (53.3 %) patients, type II was found in 42 (46.7 %) subjects. Patients with vulgar psoriasis demonstrated non-dipper pathology for SBP and DBP, namely in 26 (40.6 %) and 14 (21...