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. 2023 Jan 11;7:e42158. doi: 10.2196/42158

Table 1.

Study population profile, overall and by questionnaire version.


All (N=97), n (%) Hand surface (n=32), n (%) Credit card (n=33), n (%) Body schemes (n=32), n (%)
Color

Black 22 (23) 5 (16) 6 (18) 11 (34)

Gray wash 24 (25) 8 (25) 9 (27) 7 (22)

Colored 51 (52) 19 (59) 18 (55) 14 (44)
Tattoo age, years (multiple answers allowed)

<1 55 (57) 17 (53) 19 (58) 18 (56)

1 to <5 79 (81) 26 (81) 28 (85) 25 (78)

5 to <10 33 (34) 10 (31) 10 (30) 13 (41)

10 to <15 9 (9) 4 (13) 2 (6) 3 (9)

≥15 6 (6) 4 (13) 2 (6) 0 (0)
Tattoo artist’s expertise (multiple answers allowed)

Experienced artist, tattoo studio 95 (98) 31 (97) 33 (100) 31 (97)

Experienced artist, elsewhere 29 (30) 9 (28) 10 (30) 10 (31)

Nonexperienced person, at home 19 (20) 5 (16) 8 (24) 6 (19)

Other circumstances 3 (3) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (6)
At least one tattoo acquired outside France 36 (37) 9 (28) 12 (36) 15 (47)
Any tattoo complication (self-assessed) 16 (16) 5 (16) 4 (12) 7 (22)