TABLE 5.

Skincare habits and possible triggers in the study group

	Groups				p
	Cases		Controls
	n	%	%	n
Daily facial cleansing					<0.001b
Water	35	35.0	20	20.0
Daily soap	20	20.0	36	36.0
Daily facial cleanser	28	28.0	43	43.0
Soap 1–3 days a week	4	4.0	0	0.0
Facial cleanser 1–3 days a week	13	13.0	1	1.0
Tonic usage					0.578a
No	94	94.0	90	90.0
Weekly	3	3.0	5	5.0
Daily	3	3.0	5	5.0
Peeling usage					0.013c
No	95	95.0	86	86.0
Monthly	3	3.0	4	4.0
Weekly	1	1.0	2	2.0
Daily	1	1.0	8	8.0
Professional skin care					0.599a
No	95	95.0	96	96.0
Classic	4	4.0	2	2.0
Hydrafacial	1	1.0	2	2.0
Makeup
No	85	85.0	64	64.0	0.001 c
Monthly	1	1.0	1	1.0
Weekly	9	9.0	10	10.0
Daily	5	5.0	25	25.0
Steroid usage
No	84	84.0	94	94.0	0.024 b
Yes	16	16.0	6	6.0
Sun exposure
No	88	88.0	83	83.0	0.315b
Yes	12	12.0	17	A warm
Warm bath, sauna
No	65	65.0	81	81.0	0.011 b
Yes	35	35.0	19	19.0
Exercise
No	77	77.0	70	70.0	0.262b
Yes	23	23.0	30	30.0
Hot drinks
No	60	60.0	70	70.0	0.138b
Yes	40	40.0	30	30.0
Consumption of spicy foods
No	66	66.0	57	57.0	0.191b
Yes	34	34.0	43	43.0
Alcohol usage
No	82	82.0	70	70.0	0.097c
2/week or less	12	12.0	22	22.0
3/week or more	6	6.0	8	8.0
Demodex rates
None	20	20.0	70	70.0	<0.001c
Few	21	21.0	18	18.0
More	59	59.0	12	12.0
Fitzpatrick skin type
II	61	61.0	36	36.0	<0.001c
III	36	36.0	48	48.0
IV	3	3.0	16	16.0

a: Likelihood ratio; b: Pearson Chi-square test; c: Mantel–Haenszel test; d: Fisher exact test.