Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - A new study published in the April issue of the Archives of Dermatology has revealed that psoriasis increases the risk of both diabetes, as well as hypertension or high blood pressure.

Researchers focused their work on a 1991 study which followed a group of 1,800 female nurses for a period of 14-years.

All of the women who took part in the study had developed the disorder, which is often linked to chronic inflammation.

The study was led by Dr. Abrar Qureshi of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.

During their study of the women, they discovered that those who had psoriasis also had an increased risk of both diabetes, as well as high blood pressure.

The actual numbers found that for these women, the disease increased the risk of diabetes by 63%, as well as high blood pressure by 17%.

This same increased risk was not seen in women without the disease.