Table 2.
Patient Demographics: Comorbidities Extrapolated by Nail Length
| Comorbidities | Short (n = 48) | Intermediate (n = 39) | Long (n = 160) | P Value |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 10 (20.8) | 18 (46.2) | 43 (26.9) | 0.0234 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 33 (68.8) | 34 (87.2) | 107 (66.9) | 0.0357 |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 7 (14.6) | 10 (25.6) | 27 (16.9) | 0.3551 |
| COPD, n (%) | 11 (22.9) | 9 (23.1) | 15 (9.4) | 0.0136 |
| Obesity, n (%) | 3 (6.3) | 2 (5.1) | 3 (1.9) | 0.1532 |
| Tobacco use, n (%) | 10 (20.8) | 7 (17.9) | 19 (11.9) | 0.2462 |
| CKD, n (%) | 18 (37.5) | 10 (27.0) | 64 (40.3) | 0.3269 |
CKD = chronic kidney disease, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bold entries are statistically significant at p≤0.05.