Table 4.

Predictors of hormone levels in the patient group including clinical variables.

Predictor variables	Cortisol		DHEAS		Cortisol/DHEAS		β	P	β	P	β	P
	Sex (1 = males, 2 = females)	0.241	0.146	–0.470	0.000	0.401	0.008
Age (years)	–0.256	0.131	–0.549	0.000	0.259	0.087
Illness duration (years)	0.088	0.637	–0.257	0.043	0.082	0.618
Body area affected (1 = <10%, 2 = ≥10%)	–0.294	0.160	0.281	0.045	–0.111	0.544
Family history of vitiligo (0 = no, 1 = yes)	–0.048	0.757	0.144	0.168	–0.104	0.455
Perceived distress (0–40)	0.023	0.927	–0.147	0.371	0.361	0.105
Depression (0–63)	–0.159	0.518	0.055	0.736	–0.277	0.206