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. 2021 Apr 22;11(3):1053–1064. doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00518-8

Table 2.

Mean (SD) plaque psoriasis prevalence and disease severity estimates in adults from the broad dermatology survey and by expert elicitation

Prevalence and severity estimates, mean (SD)
National dermatologists (n = 80) International dermatologists (n = 19) Combined (n = 99) Expert elicitation (n = 9)
Psoriasis prevalence (most likely) 3.56% (1.81) 2.59% (0.82) 3.37% (1.71)

Mean:

3.4%

(95% confidence interval, 2.2–4.9%)

Bayes:

3.0%

(95% credibility interval, 2.7–3.3%)

 ≥ 10% BSA 24.53% (16.37) 25.42% (15.06) 24.71% (16.13) 21.8% (2.48)*
 ≥ 30% BSA 11.31% (10.81) 10.26% (9.52) 11.11% (10.59) 8.9% (1.33)*

*Obtained from summation of mean expert estimation of BSA, second round of estimation from Supplementary Table 3