Relationship between bullous pemphigoid and metabolic syndrome: a 12-year case-control study conducted in China

• Main Authors: Bingjie Zhang (Author), Xinyi Chen (Author), Yangchun Liu (Author), Fangyuan Chen (Author), Nan Yang (Author), Li Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obesity are prevalent in patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) and are all components of metabolic syndrome (MS). However, the prevalence of MS in patients with BP is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between MS and BP and to define...