Table 2.

Correlations between site of psoriatic lesions and depression, social anxiety, experiences of stigmatization and negative emotional attitude to the body

Involvement of particular body sites	N (%)	Depression	Social anxiety	Stigmatization	Negative emotional attitude to the body
Head and neck	157 (81.3)	0.28***	0.18*	0.15*	0.25***
Arms and hands	164 (85.0)	0.22**	0.13	0.34***	0.27***
Chest	101 (52.3)	0.24**	0.15*	0.33***	0.24**
Abdomen	111 (57.5)	0.19**	0.13	0.20**	0.15*
Upper back	98 (50.8)	0.25***	0.10	0.16*	0.21**
Lower back	130 (67.4)	0.19**	0.12	0.26***	0.23**
Thighs	108 (56.0)	0.13	0.13	0.28***	0.21**
Knees, lower legs, ankles	117 (60.6)	0.16*	0.05	0.26***	0.17*
Genital area	94 (48.7)	0.25***	0.13	0.16*	0.22**
BSA total	193 (100)	0.28***	0.15*	0.31***	0.30***

^***p < 0.001

^**p < 0.01

^*p < 0.05.