Research Article

The Prevalence of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis in Cylindrical Dandruff Patients

Table 1

Distribution of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis by age in the CD and healthy groups.

Age (years)Demodex folliculorum, positive/n (%)Demodex brevis, positive/n (%)
CD groupHealthy groupCD groupHealthy group

0–62/15 (13.33%)0/38 (0%)4/15 (26.67%)1/38 (2.63%)
7–1720/90 (22.22%)3/169 (1.78%)27/90 (30.00%)6/169 (3.55%)
18–40142/653 (21.74%)62/712 (8.71%)193/653 (29.55%)46/712 (6.46%)
41–65186/765 (24.31%)56/610 (9.18%)250/765 (32.67%)46/610 (7.75%)
66–8848/155 (30.97%)22/171 (12.87%)58/155 (37.42%)15/171 (8.77%)