Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects
Regions | Total sample(N = 831) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | North (N = 172) | South (N = 180) | East (N = 96) | West (N = 284) | Middle (N = 99) | |
Gender (%) | ||||||
Male | 101(58.7) | 119(66.1) | 55(57.3) | 164(57.7) | 74(74.7) | 513(61.7) |
Female | 71(41.3) | 61(33.9) | 41(42.7) | 120(42.3) | 25(25.3) | 318(38.3) |
Age (%) | ||||||
18-30 years | 65(37.8) | 61(33.9) | 25(26.0) | 113(39.8) | 24(24.2) | 288(34.7) |
31-45 years | 49(28.5) | 64(35.6) | 31(32.3) | 117(41.2) | 46(46.5) | 307(36.9) |
46-60 years | 44(25.6) | 39(21.7) | 25(26.0) | 35(12.3) | 23(23.2) | 166(20.0) |
60 years | 14(8.1) | 16(8.9) | 15(15.6) | 19(6.7) | 6(6.1) | 70(8.4) |
Marital status (%) | ||||||
Married or living with partner | 111(64.5) | 126(70.0) | 70(72.9) | 196(69.0) | 76(76.8) | 579(69.7) |
Single | 55(32.0) | 50(27.8) | 22(22.9) | 84(29.6) | 22(22.2) | 233(28.0) |
Separated/divorced | 3(1.7) | 2(1.1) | 4(4.2) | 3(1.1) | 1(1.0) | 13(1.6) |
Widowed | 3(1.7) | 2(1.1) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.4) | 0(0.0) | 6(0.7) |
Level of education (%) | ||||||
None | 0(0.0) | 3(1.7) | 1(1.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(1.0) | 5(0.6) |
Primary school | 8(4.6) | 13(7.2) | 1(1.0) | 30(10.6) | 3(3.0) | 55(6.6) |
Secondary school | 75(43.6) | 85(47.2) | 40(41.7) | 109(38.4) | 36(36.4) | 345(41.5) |
College | 83(48.3) | 72(40.0) | 52(54.2) | 139(48.9) | 56(56.6) | 402(48.4) |
Higher than college | 6(3.5) | 7(3.9) | 2(2.1) | 6(2.1) | 3(3.0) | 24(2.9) |
Other chronic disease (%) | 26.2 | 31.7 | 26.0 | 29.2 | 19.2 | 27.6 |
Family history of psoriasis (%) | 25.0 | 22.2 | 26.0 | 19.0 | 26.3 | 22.6 |
Duration in years mean (SD) | 10.3(11.0) | 8.0(7.0) | 11.0(10.0) | 8.4(8.8) | 11.3(7.1) | 9.3(9.0) |
PASI score mean (SD) | 11.0(9.5) | 11.0(10.2) | 9.8(8.6) | 12.0(11.8) | 14.0(10.6) | 11.6(10.6) |