Research Article
Skin Diseases among the Old Age Residents in a Nursing Home: A Neglected Problem
Table 2
The distributions of all skin diseases according to gender.
| Disease | Gender | Total no. (259) | Male no. (137) | Female no. (122) | value | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| Erythemo-squamous diseases | 82 | 31.7 | 43 | 31.4 | 39 | 32 | NS | Infectious diseases | 120 | 46.3 | 59 | 43.1 | 61 | 50 | NS | Benign neoplasm | 177 | 68.3 | 95 | 69.3 | 82 | 67.2 | NS | Age-related skin changes | 222 | 85.7 | 118 | 86.1 | 104 | 85.3 | NS | Others | 164 | 63.3 | 82 | 59.9 | 21 | 67.2 | NS |
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