Table 1.

Age of onset and gender distribution in children with AA

	Gender		Total (n = 360)	p value
	female (n = 148)	male (n = 212)
Age of onset (mean, ± SD)	7.0 (3.1)	6.4 (3.0)	6.6 (3.1)	0.044*
Age
0–5	51 (34.5)	95 (44.8)	146 (40.5)	0.094**
6–10	70 (47.3)	91 (42.9)	161 (44.7)
>10	27 (18.2)	26 (12.3)	53 (14.7)

Four missing. AA, alopecia areata.

^*t test.

^**χ² test.