Table 3.
Clinical Examination of the Studied Patients (n=200).
| AA | TC | TTM | TA | CTA | Patchy AGA | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Erythema | 17 | 20.2 | 39 | 48.1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
| Pustules | 3 | 3.57 | 28 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.025 |
| Scaling | 1 | 1.19 | 65 | 80.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Pruritus | 9 | 10.7 | 58 | 71.6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nail changes | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.034 |
| Hair fall in other sites | 4 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
| Hair pull test (positive) | 21 | 25 | 69 | 85.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.012 |
| KOH test | 0 | 0 | 75 | 92.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.002 |
p-value > 0.05: Non-significant; p-value ≤ 0.05: Significant; p-value ≤ 0.001: Highly significant. Abbreviations: AA: alopecia areata; AGA: androgenetic alopecia; CTA: congenital triangular alopecia; TA: traction alopecia; TC: tinea capitis; TTM: trichotillomania.