Hidradenitis Suppurativa Is Associated With Myocardial Infarction, But Not Stroke Or Peripheral Arterial Disease Of The Lower Extremities

We performed a comparative cross-sectional study of the potential association of HS and the three outcome events: self-reported MI, self-reported stroke, and PAD measured by ankle-brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.9. We included a self-reported HS group (n=430) identified in the general suburban population study (GESUS) using a validated questionnaire 2(Table 1).The control group comprised participants from GESUS without HS, n=20,780.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.