Table 1.
Sociodemographic and life-style characteristics of patients with psoriasis (PSO) (n = 82) and patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) (n = 61) before (T1) the beginning of a new treatment episode.
| Patients´ characteristics | Patients with PSO (n = 82) | Patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD) (n = 61) | U/Z/T/χ2 (p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR), min-max Range | 54.6 (38.2–62.6), 22.9–74.9 | 43.8 (29.5–59.8), 19.8–74.2 | 1960.000 (U) (0.027*) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Women | 29 (35.4) | 27 (44.3) | 1.162 (0.281) (χ2) |
| Men | 53 (64.6) | 34 (55.7) | |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| No school degree/Less than 10 years | 12 (14.6) | 8 (13.1) | 2.664 (0.264) (χ2) |
| 10 years | 51 (62.2) | 30 (49.2) | |
| Abitur | 19 (23.2) | 21 (34.4)1 | |
| Partnership, n (%) | |||
| Married | 36 (43.9) | 24 (39.3) | 5.693 (0.058) (χ2) |
| Cohabited | 31 (37.8) | 15 (24.6) | |
| No partnership | 15 (18.3) | 21 (34.4)2 | |
| Regular sport, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 23 (28.0) | 21 (34.4) | 2.135 (0.344) (χ2) |
| No | 59 (72.0) | 39 (63.9)3 | |
| Regular alcohol, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 39 (47.6) | 33 (54.1) | |
| No | 43 (52.4) | 28 (45.9) | 0.598 (0.439) (χ2) |
| Smoking, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 21 (25.6) | 13 (21.3) | 0.361 (0.548) (χ2) |
| No | 57 (69.5)1 | 45 (73.8) 4 | |
| BMI kg/m2, | |||
| Median (IQR), min-max Range | 27.1 (24.6–31.6), 17.0-53.9 | 24.9 (4.9), 17.0–43.0 | 1535.000 (< 0.001***) (U) |
| 23.6 (21.8–26.7) | |||
Psoriasis, missing values:1 n = 4; Atopic dermatitis, missing values:1 n = 22, n = 13, n = 14, n = 3; *p ≤ .05, ** p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001.