Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients with CLP, with regard to gender.
| Clinical characteristics | Patients with CLP (n = 52) | Men with CLP (n = 22) | Women with CLP (n = 30) | p value |
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| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 51.6 ± 15.55 | 48.59 ± 16.98 | 53.8 ± 14.29 | 0.24 |
| BMI in kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 26.92 ± 5.15 | 26.22 ± 3.91 | 27.44 ± 5.92 | 0.4 |
| Cigarette smokers (n (%)) | 24 (46.15) | 14 (63.64) | 10 (33.33) | 0.03 |
| Age at CLP onset in years (mean ± SD) | 48.5 ± 15.74 | 45.38 ± 17.58 | 50.79 ± 14.11 | 0.22 |
| Disease duration in years (mean ± SD) | 3.15 ± 6.89 | 3.36 ± 7.9 | 3.0 ± 6.22 | 0.86 |
| Duration of current exacerbation in months (mean ± SD) | 8.29 ± 16.33 | 8.62 ± 22.92 | 8.06 ± 9.85 | 0.91 |
| Presence of pruritus (n (%)) | 45 (86.54) | 18 (81.81) | 27 (90) | 0.66 |
| Intensity of pruritus (NRS) (mean ± SD) | 5.25 ± 3.03 | 4.68 ± 3.24 | 5.53 ± 2.9 | 0.44 |
| Body surface area (%) (mean ± SD) | 13.23 ± 15.35 | 12.67 ± 14.86 | 13.63 ± 15.93 | 0.83 |
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| Other locations (n (%)) | ||||
| Oral mucous membranes | 28 (53.85) | 17 (77.27) | 11 (36.67) | 0.0088 |
| Genital mucous membranes | 4 (7.69) | 1 (4.55) | 3 (10) | 0.84 |
| Nails | 14 (26.92) | 6 (27.27) | 8 (26.67) | 0.96 |
| Scalp | 2 (3.85) | 0 (0) | 2 (6.67) | 0.61 |
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| Number of locations (n (%)) | ||||
| Single | 14 (26.92) | 2 (9.09) | 12 (40) | |
| Two | 30 (57.69) | 17 (77.27) | 13 (43.33) | |
| Three | 7 (13.46) | 3 (13.64) | 4 (13.33) | |
| Four | 1 (1.92) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.33) | |
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| Clinical subtype of CLP (n (%)) | ||||
| Papular | 50 (96.15) | 20 (90.9) | 30 (100) | 0.34 |
| Hypertrophic | 12 (23.08) | 8 (36.36) | 4 (13.33) | 0.11 |
| Bullous | 1 (1.92) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.33) | 0.86 |
| Linear | 1 (1.92) | 1 (4.55) | 0 (0) | 0.88 |
| Pigmented | 1 (1.92) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.33) | 0.86 |
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| Serum level of IL-17 (ng/ml) (mean ± SD) | 0.218 ± 0.221 | 0.17 ± 0.108 | 0.253 ± 0.273 | 0.34 |