[Serum apolipoprotein levels in psoriatic patients].

Abstract

Serum apolipoprotein and lipid levels were determined in 33 psoriatic patients, 26 males and 7 females, and in 61 normolipemic, non-psoriatic controls matched for age and sex. The psoriatic patients had significantly higher levels of triglyceride and lower levels of apo B. The male psoriatic patients showed a tendency to have lower levels of LDL-cholesterol. The levels of cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, apo A-I, apo A-II, apo C-II, apo C-III and apo E did not differ significantly from those of the controls. The relevance of these findings to the development of psoriasis remains to be established.