Table 1.
Study population profile, overall and by questionnaire version.
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All (N=97), n (%) | Hand surface (n=32), n (%) | Credit card (n=33), n (%) | Body schemes (n=32), n (%) | |
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Black | 22 (23) | 5 (16) | 6 (18) | 11 (34) |
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Gray wash | 24 (25) | 8 (25) | 9 (27) | 7 (22) |
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Colored | 51 (52) | 19 (59) | 18 (55) | 14 (44) |
| Tattoo age, years (multiple answers allowed) | |||||
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<1 | 55 (57) | 17 (53) | 19 (58) | 18 (56) |
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1 to <5 | 79 (81) | 26 (81) | 28 (85) | 25 (78) |
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5 to <10 | 33 (34) | 10 (31) | 10 (30) | 13 (41) |
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10 to <15 | 9 (9) | 4 (13) | 2 (6) | 3 (9) |
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≥15 | 6 (6) | 4 (13) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) |
| Tattoo artist’s expertise (multiple answers allowed) | |||||
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Experienced artist, tattoo studio | 95 (98) | 31 (97) | 33 (100) | 31 (97) |
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Experienced artist, elsewhere | 29 (30) | 9 (28) | 10 (30) | 10 (31) |
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Nonexperienced person, at home | 19 (20) | 5 (16) | 8 (24) | 6 (19) |
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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) | |