Table 1.

Demographic baseline characteristics

	Group A (n = 33)	Group B (n = 34)	p-Value
Age (years)	48.1 ± 11.3	47.2 ± 11.3	0.741
Gender
Male	14	18	0.918
Female	19	16
Course of disease (months)	72.0 (36.0–120.0)	60.0 (48.0–120.0)	0.375
BMI	24.4 ± 3.9	24.9 ± 2.8	0.516
PGA	3.0 (2.5–4.0)	3.0 (2.0–3.0)	0.186
HECSI	24.0 (14.0–36.0)	19.0 (12.0–29.5)	0.093
PaGA	3.0 (3.0–4.0)	3.0 (2.0–3.8)	0.127
DLQI	12.0 ± 4.8	11.0 ± 5.4	0.426
QOLHEQ	62.4 ± 18.1	57.8 ± 21.6	0.349

Data are mean ± SD, n (%), or median (IQR)

BMI body mass index, PGA Physician’s Global Assessment, HECSI Hand Eczema Severity Index, PaGA Patient Global Assessment, DLQI Dermatology Life Quality Index, QOLHEQ Quality of Life in Hand Eczema Questionnaire