Marta Laskowski, University of Gothenburg (IMAGE)

University of Gothenburg

Marta Laskowski, University of Gothenburg

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In a major register-based study, scientists at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now demonstrated a connection between inferior physical fitness in young adults and elevated risk of the autoimmune disease psoriasis. For the male recruits to compulsory military training who were rated as the least fit, the risk of developing psoriasis later was 35 percent higher than for the fittest.

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