Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Patient population | Dermatologist reports | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 young adults with moderate to severe psoriasis, 12 female and 12 male | Age, mean (range), years | 34 (18–45) | |
| Age at diagnosis, mean (range), years | 20.5 (6–34) | ||
| Time since diagnosis, mean (SD), years | 13.0 (8.3) | ||
| PASI, mean (SD) | 9.5 (4.7) | ||
| DLQI, mean (SD) | 15.2 (6.4) | ||
| Previous treatments (current treatments) | |||
| Phototherapy | 20 (2) | ||
| Topicals | 22 (8) | ||
| MTX oral | 17 (10) | ||
| MTX injectable | 9 (5) | ||
| Not known | 4 (2) | ||
PASI Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, DLQI Dermatology Life Quality Index, MTX methotrexate, SD standard deviation