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. 2020 Jun 11;15(6):e0234334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234334

Table 1. Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients.

Characteristics Number of patients (%)
Onychomycosis Onychodystrophy
(n = 57) (n = 33)
Age at diagnosis
<19 0 0
19–39 8 (14.0) 5 (15.2)
40–59 23 (40.4) 14 (42.4)
≥ 60 26 (45.6) 14 (42.4)
Sex
Male 30 (52.6) 9 (27.3)
Female 27 (47.4) 24 (72.7)
Location
Left 22 (38.6) 14 (42.4)
Right 35 (61.4) 19 (57.6)
1st toenail 53 (93.0) 26 (78.8)
2nd toenail 1 (1.75) 2 (6.1)
3rd toenail 1 (1.75) 0
4rd toenail 0 1 (3.0)
5th toenail 1 (1.75) 0
1st finger nail 0 0
2nd fingernail 1 (1.75) 0
3rd fingernail 0 3 (9.1)
4th fingernail 0 1 (3.0)
5th fingernail 0 0
Types of onychomycosis
DLSO 53 (93.0) -
WSO 1 (1.7) -
PSO 2 (3.5) -
TDO 1 (1.7) -
Nail involvement area
Less than 1/4 of total nail 23 (40.4) 7 (21.2)
1/4 < area < 1/2 of total nail 14 (24.6) 14 (42.4)
1/2 < area < 3/4 of total nail 4 (7.0) 5 (1.5)
More than 3/4 of total nail 16 (28.1) 7 (21.)
KOH positivity 48 (84.2) -
Culture positivity 31 (54.4) -
Both positivity 22 (24.4) -

Abbreviation: DLSO, distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis; WSO, white superficial onychomycosis; PSO, proximal subungual onychomycosis; TDO, total dystrophic onychomycosis