People with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and those with severe psoriasis are at higher risk than the general population for a type of fracture typically associated with osteoporosis, according to a new study published online in January 2017 inAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases. In fact, the increase in risk for these two groups is comparable or even higher than that of people withrheumatoid arthritis(RA), a group known to have higher than average risks of osteoporosis and fracture related to low bone mineral density.
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