Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of psoriasis patients.
| Clinical Characteristic | All PsO Patients * (n = 392) |
Moderate-to-Severe PsO (n = 252; 64.3%) |
Mild PsO (n = 73; 18.6%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | ||||
| Male gender, n (%) | 210 (53.6) | 143 (56.8) | 36 (49.3) | 0.32 |
| Age (years) | 52.4 ± 14.8 | 53.7 ± 13.5 | 49.01 ± 17.5 | 0.017 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1 ± 4.3 | 26.5 ± 4.4 | 25.1 ± 4.3 | 0.015 |
| Disease duration | 22.5 ± 14 | 23.6 ± 14 | 21.2 ± 14.2 | 0.21 |
| Education | ||||
| Primary | 54 (13.8) | 31 (12.3) | 8 (10.9) | 0.92 |
| Secondary (high school) | 218 (55.6) | 143 (56.8) | 42 (57.6) | 0.91 |
| University degree | 120 (30.6) | 78 (30.9) | 23 (31.5) | 0.93 |
| Civil status | ||||
| Student | 20 (5.1) | 7 (2.8) | 8 (10.9) | 0.009 |
| Employed | 220 (56.1) | 150 (59.5) | 40 (54.8) | 0.56 |
| Pension/retired | 96 (24.5) | 65 (25.8) | 13 (17.8) | 0.21 |
| Unemployed | 56 (14.3) | 30 (11.9) | 12 (15.1) | 0.41 |
| Lesion localization | ||||
| Elbow/knee | 251 (70.1) | 182 (72.2) | 45 (61.6) | 0.11 |
| Scalp | 228 (63.7) | 167 (66.3) | 39 (53.4) | 0.062 |
| Chest | 179 (50) | 147 (58.3) | 17 (23.3) | <0.0001 |
| Hands/feet | 138 (38.6) | 119 (47.2) | 12 (16.4) | <0.0001 |
| Nails | 126 (35.2) | 106 (42.1) | 11 (15.1) | <0.0001 |
| Genitals | 85 (23.7) | 66 (26.2) | 11 (15.1) | 0.07 |
| Face | 77 (21.5) | 61 (24.2) | 10 (13.7) | 0.08 |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||||
| Hypertension | 99 (27.7) | 75 (29.8) | 14 (19.2) | 0.1 |
| Rheumatological disease | 92 (25.7) | 69 (27.4) | 11 (15.1) | 0.046 |
| Gastrointestinal disorder | 46 (12.9) | 32 (12.7) | 11 (15.1) | 0.74 |
| Obesity | 38 (10.6) | 32 (12.7) | 5 (6.9) | 0.24 |
| Depression | 38 (10.6) | 31 (12.3) | 5 (6.9) | 0.27 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 29 (8.1) | 21 (8.3) | 7 (9.6) | 0.92 |
| No other pathologies | 106 (29.6) | 67 (26.6) | 29 (39.7) | 0.043 |
BMI = body mass index, Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or number and %. * A total of 67 patients did not know or did not respond to the question regarding “which type of psoriasis were you diagnosed with?”, i.e., missing values. Statistically significant p-values are shown in bold text.