[hopespringseternal]

Metabolic syndrome is apparently huge (no pun intended) with this disease.

Besides the co-morbidities, you also have things like zinc and vitamin D deficiency that play a huge role in severity as well. All of those things tend to be fellow travellers, meaning that people that have one have them all.

[kiryandil]

Besides the co-morbidities, you also have things like zinc and vitamin D deficiency that play a huge role in severity as well.

Obesity also inhibits optimum vitamin D absorption [D is fat-soluble].