Table 1.
Demographic data on endemic pemphigus foliaceus patients and controls.
| Controls | FS patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endemic n = 204 | Non-endemic n = 256 | Patients n = 265 | Localized lesions n = 44 | Generalized lesions n = 80 | |
| Epidemiologic data | |||||
| Male (%) | 99 (48.5) | 106 (41.4) | 121 (45.7) | 18 (40.9) | 32 (40.0) |
| Average age (min-max) | 44.75 (13–86) | 33.64 (17–66) | 37.42 (12–88) | 28.5 (16–73) | 38.55 (14–85) |
| Demographic data | |||||
| Central-Western (%) | 177 (86.8) | 0 | 206 (77.7) | 31 (70.5) | 57 (71.3) |
| Southwestern (%) | 5 (2.5) | 0 | 56 (21.1) | 12 (27.3) | 21 (26.3) |
| South (%) | 22 (10.8) | 256 (100) | 3 (1.1) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (2.5) |
N, number of individuals; Central-Western, Campo Grande-MS; Southwestern, Ribeirão Preto-SP. South, Curitiba-PR.
The total number of patients with localized or generalized lesions did not sum 265 due to lack of proper diagnostic classification of some individuals.