Research Article
Clinico-Epidemiological Profile and Treatment Pattern of Vitiligo in Selected Dermatological Clinics of Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia
Table 3
Clinical profile of vitiligo in the selected dermatologic clinics in Mekelle city, from the years 2017 to 2019.
| | Variable | Frequency (percent) |
| | Duration of vitiligo | | | ≤1 years | 31 (39.2) | | a>1 years | 48 (60.8) |
| | Family history of vitiligo | | | Yes | 25 (31.6) | | No | 54 (68.4) |
| | Degree of family history | | | 1st degree | 22 (88) | | 2nd degree | 3 (12) |
| | Clinical form of vitiligo | | | Vulgaris | 31 (39.1) | | Focal | 21 (26.6) | | Segmental | 16 (20.3) | | Acrofacial | 4 (5.1) | | Universal | 4 (5.1) | | Mucosal | 3 (3.8) |
| | Precipitating factors | | | Emotional disturbance | 24 (33.8) | | Physical trauma | 23 (32.4) | | Sunburn | 18 (25.4) | | Chemicals | 6 (8.4) |
| | Presence of systemic diseases | | | Yes | 53 (67) | | No | 26 (33) |
| | Systemic diseases | | | Diabetes mellitus | 10 (18.9) | | Hypertension | 12 (22.6) | | Asthma | 15 (28.3) | | Alopecia areata | 9 (17) | | Thyroid disease | 7 (13.2) |
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