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. 2022 Oct 21;8(6):e190. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.591

Table 2.

Baseline prevalence of primary and secondary mental health outcomes in people newly diagnosed with vitiligo and matched controls

Matched controls, Vitiligo cases,
n (%) n (%) P-value
Total number of patients 28 880 7224
Primary mental health outcomes
Recurrent depressive disorder 4305 (14.9) 1093 (15.1) 0.647
Depressive episodes 4007 (13.9) 1018 (14.1) 0.647
Anxiety disorder 2031 (7.0) 569 (7.9) 0.014*
Secondary mental health outcomesa
Adjustment disorder 232 (0.8) 62 (0.9) 0.696
Substance misuse 900 (3.1) 195 (2.7) 0.070
Self-harm 215 (0.7) 46 (0.6) 0.374
Parasuicide 236 (0.8) 61 (0.8) 0.876

Data are number (percent) of the total number of patients with the condition in each subgroup.

a.

Social phobia prevalence is not reported because fewer than five events were recorded in vitiligo cases.

*

P < 0.05.