The cardiometabolic risks attributable to chronic inflammtory diseases

From Circulation:

Background—This study sought to evaluate whether risks of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease are elevated across a range of organ-specific and multisystem chronic inflammatory disorders.

Methods and Results—A matched cohort study was implemented in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink including participants with severe psoriasis (5648), mild psoriasis (85 232), bullous skin diseases (4284), ulcerative colitis (12 203), Crohn’s disease (7628), inflammatory arthritis (27 358), systemic autoimmune disorders (7472), and systemic vasculitis (6283) and in 373 851 matched controls. The main outcome measures were new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes mellitus, stroke, or coronary heart disease... The hazard ratio for pooled multiple failure estimate was 1.20 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.15–1.26). The highest relative hazards were observed in systemic autoimmune disorders (1.32; 95% CI, 1.16–1.50) and systemic vasculitis (1.29; 95% CI, 1.16–1.44). Hazards were increased in organ-specific disorders, including severe psoriasis (1.29; 95% CI, 1.12–1.47) and ulcerative colitis (1.26; 95% CI, 1.14–1.40). Participants in the highest tertile of C-reactive protein had greater risk of multiple outcomes (1.52; 95% CI, 1.37–1.68).

Conclusions—The risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus is increased across a range of organ-specific and multisystem chronic inflammatory disorders with evidence that risk is associated with severity of inflammation. Clinical management of patients with chronic inflammatory disorders should seek to reduce cardiovascular risk.