A Potential Protective Effect of Alcohol Consumption in Male Genital Lichen Sclerosus: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Inferential statistics comparing LSc determinants for study participants (N = 94).

Variables	Controls n = 47	LSc n = 47	values	OR (95% CI)	Cramer’s V
Alcohol use
No	10 (21.3%)	20 (42.6%)	0.027	0.365 (0.147–0.904)	0.228
Low-moderate	37 (78.8%)	27 (57.4%)
Diabetes
No	42 (89.4%)	33 (70.2%)	0.021	3.564 (1.165–10.903)	0.238
Yes	5 (10.6%)	14 (29.8%)
Hypertension
No	39 (83.0%)	26 (55.3%)	0.004	3.938 (1.517–10.218)	0.299
Yes	8 (17.0%)	21 (44.7%)

LSc = lichen sclerosus. OR = odds ratio. 95% CI = 95 percent confidence interval. The bold values represent OR < 1, to highlight the protective effect, and Cramer's V < 0.3.