Table 1.

HS patient characteristics: subject distribution according to age, sex, education level, skin phototype, hair structure, professional status, disease onset, average time to diagnosis, and most common misdiagnosis.

Variables	Patients (n = 49)	p Value
Age, years
Mean ± SD	39.91 ± 13.665	0.565
Median (range)	39.24 (18.73)
Sex
Female, n, (%)	21 (42.85%)	0.378
Male, n, (%)	28 (57.14%)
Education level
Primary education, n (%)	7 (14.28%)
Secondary education, n (%)	17 (34.69%)
Higher education, n (%)	25 (51.02%)
Average BMI kg/m2	28.44 ± 6.142	0.372
Female BMI kg/m2	28.12 ± 5.819
Male BMI kg/m2	28.68 ± 6.142
Waist circumference, cm	91.85 ± 16.806	0.077
Females, cm	85.90 ± 19.944
Males, cm	96.32 ± 12.619
Weight, kg	87.93 ± 21.025	<0.001
Females, kg	80.04 ± 24.340
Males, kg	93.85 ± 16.497
Overweight, n, (%)	33 (67.35%)
Skin phototypes, n, (%)
I	15 (30.61%)
II	19 (38.77%)
III	13 (26.53%)
IV	2 (4.08%)
Hair structure, n, (%)
Straight	32 (65.30%)
Wavy	13 (26.53%)
Curly	4 (8.16%)
Professional status, n, (%)
Working/Student	41 (83.67%)
Unemployed	2 (4.08%)
Disability	5 (10.20%)
Pensioner	1 (2.04%)
Disease onset (years ± SD):	25.71 ± 13.743	0.425
Females	26.61 ± 13.93	0.865
Males	25.03 ± 13.743	0.243
Medical care started (years ± SD)	28.22 ± 14.000	0.391
Females	27.57 ± 14.204	0.452
Males	28.71 ± 14.003	0.841
Time to diagnosis (years ± SD)	5.2 ± 7.607	0.201
Females	6.5 ± 7.748	<0.001
Males	4.2 ± 7.607	0.540
Misdiagnosis, n, %
Total	33 (70.2%)
Furuncle	17 (51.51%)
Ulcer	4 (12.12%)
Abscess	3 (9.09%)
Acne	2 (6.06%)
Allergy; Complication of Diabetes;  Mycosis; Lymphadenitis; Pilonidal sinus;  Folliculitis; Psoriasis	1 (3.03%)