Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of BP patients at baseline according to disease outcome.

	Ongoing remission	Relapse	P value
Patients no.	32	24
Mean age ± SD (range), years	77.9 ± 10.3 (53 – 90)	80.8 ± 11.5 (45 – 95)	0.19
Sex ratio (female/male)	1.66	1.67	1.00
Total BPDAI (mean ± SD)	42.3 ± 28.8	54.4 ± 25.0	0.08
Skin BPDAI (mean ± SD)	40.3 ± 27.5	52.6 ± 24.9	0.06
Mucosal involvement, no. (%)	10 (31.2)	11 (45.8)	0.26

BPDAI, Bullous Pemphigoid Disease Area Index.