Table 1.
Distribution of different patients’ characteristics by sex in 417 patients with onychomycosis
| Characteristics | Male, n = 186 No. (%) |
Female, n = 231 No. (%) |
p value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.552 | ||
| < 20 | 4 (2.2) | 8 (3.5) | |
| 20–40 | 29 (15.6) | 46 (19.9) | |
| 41–60 | 82 (44.1) | 95 (41.1) | |
| > 60 | 71 (38.2) | 82 (35.5) | |
| SCIO index | 0.808 | ||
| 1.00–6.00 | 40 (21.5) | 45 (19.5) | |
| 6.01–16.00 | 81 (43.5) | 99 (42.9) | |
| 16.01–30.00 | 65 (34.9) | 87 (37.7) | |
| Localization of OM | 0.667 | ||
| Toenail | 166 (89.2) | 209 (90.5) | |
| Fingernail | 15 (8.1) | 14 (6.1) | |
| Both | 5 (2.7) | 8 (3.5) | |
| Clinical type of OM | 0.119 | ||
| DLSO | 174 (93.5) | 224 (97.0) | |
| SWO | 7 (3.8%) | 2 (0.9) | |
| PSO | 5 (2.7) | 5 (2.2) | |
| The most affected nail | 0.000 | ||
| Big toenail | 136 | 125 | |
| Thumb and/or toenails 2–5 | 7 | 3 | |
| Fingernails 2–5 | 43 | 103 | |
| Number of involved nails | 0.011 | ||
| 1–2 | 66 (35.5) | 111 (48.1) | |
| 3–9 | 100 (53.8) | 108 (46.8) | |
| > 9 | 20 (10.8) | 12 (5.2) | |
| Pain | 0.000 | ||
| Yes | 35 (18.8) | 128 (44.6) | |
| No | 151 (81.2) | 126 (55.4) | |
| Esthetic problem | 0.000 | ||
| Yes | 95 (51.1) | 198 (85.7) | |
| No | 91 (48.9) | 33 (14.3) | |
| Nail deformity | 0.394 | ||
| Yes | 124 (66.7) | 164 (71.0) | |
| No | 62 (33.3) | 67 (29.0) |
SCIO, Scoring Clinical Index for Onychomycosis; OM, onychomycosis; DLSO, distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis; SWO, superficial white onychomycosis; PSO, proximal subungual onychomycosis
*According to chi-square or Fisher’s tests