Psoriasis in the elderly: epidemiological and clinical aspects, and evaluation of patients with very late onset psoriasis

Background Age of the patients and age of onset of psoriasis may have an impact on the disease. There is little information about psoriasis in elderly patients. Objective We evaluated epidemiological, clinical aspects, comorbidities and treatments of psoriasis in the elderly (>70 years) patients, and in patients with very late onset psoriasis (onset ≥ 70 years). Methods This observational multicentre non‐interventional study of adults with psoriasis was conducted in 29 departments of dermatology in France. A total of 2210 adults with psoriasis were included. Results A total of 212 (9.5%) patients were elderly. This group had a higher frequency of females (P = 0.005), a later onset of the disease (P