Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics and disease-related features of the patients.

Characteristics	Mean ± SD or N (%)
Age, χ̄ ± s.s. (median) (year)	50,06 ± 14.88 (52.00)
Gender
Female	51 (48.11)
Male	55 (51.89)
Body mass index (χ̄ ± s.s. (median)	26.88 ± 4.04 (26.77)
Comorbidities
Hypertension	17 (16.04)
Diabetes	19 (17.92)
Dyslipidemia	4 (3.77)
Thyroid dysfunction	6 (5.66)
Coronary artery disease	12 (11.32)
Liver diseases	2 (1.89)
Others (neurological, rheumatological, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases)	6 (5.66)
Duration of disease (months)	7.59 ± 8.57 (4.00)
Delay in diagnosis (months)	4.39 ± 5.26 (3.00)
Age-onset of pemphigus χ̄ ± s.s. (median)	49.45 ± 14.98 (51.00)
Family history of pemphigus	1 (0.94)
Retained body surface area
Localized	57 (53.77)
Generalized	49 (46.23)
Clinical subtype
Mucocutaneous	83 (78.30)
Mucosal	23 (21.70)
Onset location
Oral mucosa	44 (41.51)
Skin	8 (7.55)
Oral mucosa and skin (both)	43 (40.57)
Scalp	1 (0.94)
Nasal mucosa	2 (1.89)
Oral mucosa & skin & scalp	2 (1.89)
Oral nasal anogenital	5 (4.72)
Oral nasal skin	1 (0.94)
Involvement site in the oral mucosa
Bilateral buccal mucosa	67 (63.21)
Hard palate	50 (47.17)
Lower lip	49 (46.23)
Tongue	48 (45.28)
Gingiva	43 (40.57)
Soft palate	40 (37.74)
Upper lip	33 (31.13)
Floor of mouth	29 (27.36)
Oropharynx	22 (20.75)
Unilateral buccal mucosa	18 (16.98)
Symptom in the oral mucosa	104 (98.11)
Burning	91 (85.85)
Pain	82 (77.36)
Dysphagia	1 (0.94)
Clinical findings in the oral mucosa
Erosions	91 (85.85)
Superficial ulcer	70 (66.04)
Small vesicles	13 (12.26)
Flaccid bullae	11 (10.38)
Diameter of the lesion in the oral mucosa
< 1 cm	45 (42.45)
≥ 1 cm	61 (57.55)
PDAI, χ̄ ± s.s. (median)	27.58 ± 21.28 (20.50)
Damage score	0.89 ± 3.01

PDAI = Pemphigus disease area index.