Table 1. Demographic characteristics of vitiligo patients and unaffected controls.

Characteristic	Vitiligo Patients	Controls
	n = 524	n = 592
Average age(mean age ± SD), yrs	31.24 ± 12.13	27.54 ± 13.26
Sex: Male, No. (%)Female, No. (%)	224 (42.75)300 (57.25)	267 (45.10)325 (54.90)
Age of onset(mean age ± SD), yrsDuration of disease(mean ± SD), yrs	21.96 ± 14.908.20 ± 7.11	NANA
Type of vitiligo:
Generalized, No. (%)Localized, No. (%)Active, No. (%)Stable, No. (%)Family history, No. (%)	360 (68.70)164 (31.30)393 (75.00)131 (25.00)68 (12.98)	NANANANANA

‘n’ represents number of patients/controls, SD refers to standard deviation, NA refers to not applicable, yrs refers to years, No. refers to numbers.