Table 1.

Different general variables (sex, diabetes, difficult site, cardiovascular comorbidities, obesity, BMI, DLQI at start and associated arthropathy) are plotted relating with different age groups. In bold significant value (p < 0.05).

Sex				Diabetes
Age Group	Female	Male	p	Age Group	No	Yes	p
>65	38.13%	61.87%	0.06	>65	74.32%	25.68%	<0.001
65–41	31.25%	68.75%		65–41	90.94%	9.06%
40–26	40.99%	59.01%		40–26	99.27%	0.73%
<26	37.5%	62.5%		<26	100%	0%
Difficult site				Cardiovascular comorbidities
Age group	No	Yes	p	Age group	No	Yes	p
>65	31.14%	68.86%	0.06	>65	11.82%	46.32%	<0.001
65–41	20.28%	79.72%		65–41	58.91%	51.31%
40–26	15.19%	84.81%		40–26	23.83%	2.38%
<26	10.26%	89.74%		<26	5.44%	0%
Obesity				BMI
Age group	No	Yes	p	Year group	Mean BMI	BMI difference between age groups		p
>65	73.83%	26.17%	0.006	>65	27.82	>65	65–41	1
65–41	75%	25%		65–41	27.52	>65	40–26	<0.001
40–26	86.54%	13.46%		40–26	24.91	>65	<26	0.002
<26	86.49%	13.51%		<26	24.29	65–41	40–26	<0.001
				Total	27.07	65–41	<26	0.004
						40–26	<26	1
DLQI at start				Associated arthropathy
Age group	Mean	Between vs. within groups (p value)		Age group		No	Yes	p < 0.001
>65	22.57	0.58		>65		71.58%	28.42%
65–41	22.67			65–41		69.44%	30.56%
40–26	22.93			40–26		82.61%	17.39%
<26	24.45			<26		100%	0%
All ages	22.74