Research Article
Gender Differences in Clinicoepidemiological Features of Vitiligo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Table 1
Table showing the demographics and clinical characteristics of vitiligo in male and female patients, Navi Mumbai, India.
| Characteristics | All | Males | Females | | | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
| | 84 (100) | 84 (100) | 168 (100) | | Age (yrs) | | | | | Mean (SD) | 29.2 (15.2) | 28.4 (15.5) | 30.0 (14.8) | 0.49 | Occupation | | | | | Student | 46 (31) | 27 (35) | 19 (26) | | Housewife | 48 (32) | 0 (0) | 47 (64) | | Labour | 13 (9) | 12 (16) | 1 (1) | | Service | 25 (17) | 20 (26) | 6 (8) | | Others | 18 (12) | 18 (23) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | Age of onset (yrs) | | | | | Mean (SD) | 22.9 (15.9) | 21.2 (16.6) | 24.8 (15.3) | 0.15 | Duration of disease (yrs) | | | | | Mean (SD) | 5.9 (9.0) | 6.9 (10.4) | 4.9 (7.4) | 0.17 | Lesion spreading | | | | | Yes | 118 (71) | 57 (69) | 61 (73) | | No | 49 (29) | 26 (31) | 23 (27) | 0.11 | Family history of vitiligo | | | | | Yes | 15 (9) | 14 (17) | 1 (1) | | No | 151 (91) | 68 (83) | 83 (99) | <0.001 | Treatment taken for vitiligo | | | | | Yes | 82 (49) | 41 (49) | 41 (49) | | No | 85 (51) | 42 (51) | 43 (51) | 0.93 | Trichrome | | | | | Yes | 19 (11) | 10 (12) | 9 (11) | | No | 148 (89) | 73 (88) | 75 (89) | 0.79 | Pentachrome | | | | | Yes | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | | No | 165 (99) | 81 (98) | 84 (100) | 0.15 | Depigmented | | | | | Yes | 76 (46) | 45 (54) | 31 (37) | | No | 91 (55) | 38 (46) | 53 (63) | 0.03 | Hypopigmented | | | | | Yes | 8 (5) | 3 (4) | 5 (6) | | No | 159 (95) | 80 (96) | 79 (94) | 0.48 | Previtiligo | | | | | Yes | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | | No | 165 (99) | 82 (99) | 83 (99) | 0.99 | Leucotrichia | | | | | Yes | 9 (5) | 8 (10) | 1 (1) | | No | 158 (95) | 75 (90) | 87 (99) | 0.02 | Follicular repigmentation | | | | | Yes | 5 (3) | 5 (6) | 0 (0) | | No | 162 (97) | 78 (94) | 84 (100) | 0.02 | Koebner’s phenomenon | | | | | Yes | 21 (13) | 19 (23) | 2 (2) | | No | 146 (87) | 64 (77) | 82 (98) | <0.001 |
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