Although the present study has some limitations such as a low number of participants, and not including any other inflammatory marker related to angiogenesis or atherosclerosis such as VEGF, adiponectin, among others; there has been no other study evaluating metabolic parameters, serum SCUBE-1, and CIMT concurrently in patients with psoriasis in the literature. The gene discussed is VEGFA; the disease is psoriasis.