Table 3.

Correlation of response to treatment with various factors

Variable	Hair regrowth, n (%)			p value
	total	yes	no
Plaques, n
1–2	50 (74.6)	42 (75.0)	8 (72.7)
3–5	11 (16.4)	10 (17.9)	1 (9.1)
>6	2 (3.0)	2 (3.6)	0 (0.0)	0.257
Totalis	3 (4.5)	1 (1.8)	2 (18.2)
Ophiasis	1 (1.5)	1 (1.8)	0 (0.0)
Disease location
Scalp	63 (90.0)	54 (91.5)	9 (81.8)	0.302 0.302
Eyebrows or eyelashes ± scalp	7 (10.0)	5 (8.5)	2 (18.2)
Treatment
Topical steroids	49 (70.0)	46 (78.0)	3 (27.3)
Topical steroids and anthralin 1% and/or minoxidil 2%	14 (20.0)	8 (13.6)	6 (54.6)	0.003
Systemic steroids	5 (7.1)	3 (5.1)	2 (18.2)
Intralesional steroids	2 (3.4)	2 (3.4)	0 (0.0)
Atopy
Yes	5 (20.8)	4 (20.0)	1 (25.0)	0.999
No	19 (79.2)	16 (80.0)	3 (75.0)

The p value derived from Fisher's exact test.