Table 4.
Trichoscopic features’ frequencies among patients of the four groups before and after treatment
| Trichoscopic features | Group A n = 19 |
Group B n = 16 |
Group C n = 15 |
Group D n = 14 |
Total | P1b | P2b | P3b | P4b | P5b | P6b | P7c |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YD 1 | 11 (57.9%) | 10 (62.5%) | 9(60%) | 9(64.3%) | 39(60.9%) | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| YD 2 | 2 (10.5%) | 3 (6.25%) | 2 (13.33%) | 2(14.3%) | 9(14%) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| p value∞ a | 0.004* | 0.01* | 0.01* | 0.01* | 0.001* | |||||||
| BD 1 | 10 (52.6%) | 8 (50%) | 8 (53.3%) | 9(64.3%) | 35(54.6%) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| BD 2 | 1 (5.2%) | 0 | 0 (0%) | 1 (7.1%) | 2(3.1%) | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| p value∞ a | 0.004* | 0.004* | 0.008* | 0.008* | 0.001* | |||||||
| BH 1 | 9 (47.4%) | 7 (43.75%) | 7 (46.67%) | 6 (42.9%) | 29(45.3%) | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| BH 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| p value∞ a | 0.004* | 0.01* | 0.01* | 0.03* | 0.001* | |||||||
| EMH 1 | 6 (31.6%) | 9 (56.25%) | 10(66.67%) | 8(57.1%) | 33(51.5%) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| EMH 2 | 0 | 1 (6.25%) | 3 (20%) | 2 (14.3%) | 6(9.3%) | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| p value∞ a | 0.03* | 0.008* | 0.01* | 0.03* | 0.001* | |||||||
| SVH 1 | 9(47.4%) | 10 (62.5%) | 7 (46.67%) | 8 (57.1%) | 34(53.1%) | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| SVH 2 | 10(52.6%) | 12 (75%) | 8 (53.3%) | 10(71.4%) | 40(62.5%) | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| p value∞ a | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Terminal hair 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Terminal hair 2 | 14(73.7%) | 13(81.25%) | 12(80%) | 12(85.7%) | 51(79.6%) | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| p value ∞ a | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.0001* |
1: Before treatment, 2: After treatment, YD yellow dots, BD black dots, BH broken hairs, EMH exclamation mark hairs, SVH short vellus hair; Mc-Nemartesta; Chi-square testb, Kruskal–Wallis testc, p value ∞ (before &after treatment). P1(A&B), P2(A&C), P3(A&D), P4(B&C), P5(B&D), P6(C&D), P7,(A,B,C &D)
*Statistical significance