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Psoriatic Arthritis: Symptoms, Causes, and Risk Factors

Risk factors

Risk factors are conditions that increase a person’s chances of developing psoriatic arthritis. These factors are not necessarily a cause of psoriatic arthritis. Common factors often associated with psoriatic arthritis include:

Age & Family history

Although anyone can develop psoriatic arthritis, including children, the condition is more common in adults between 30 and 50 [3].

Having a family member with psoriatic arthritis increases your risk of the disease. Around 40 percent of those who have psoriatic arthritis have a close family member with the disease, such as a parent, sibling, or child. It is not clear why this happens, but researchers have identified [4] certain genetic markers of the disease.