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
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
	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