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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 9845 patients with skin disease

From: Factors affecting health-related quality of life in patients with skin disease: cross-sectional results from 8,789 patients with 16 skin diseases

 

Available sample size

 

Gender, female (%)

9778

6214 (63.6)

Age, mean (SD)

9845

33.0 (13.5)

Marital status (%)

9715

 

 Married/living as

 

4989 (51.4)

 Single

 

4726 (48.6)

Level of education (%)

9760

 

 Primary school (≤ 6 years)

 

229 (2.3)

 Secondary school (6–9 years)

 

1074 (11.0)

 High school (9–12 years)

 

2604 (26.7)

 College or higher (> 12 years)

5853 (60.0)

Employment (%)

9594

 

 Employed

 

5526 (57.6)

 Not employed/student

 

4068 (42.4)

Smoking, yes (%)

9731

3329 (34.2)

Drinking alcohol, yes (%)

9674

3805 (39.3)

Physical exercise, yes (%)

9596

5472 (57.0)

BMI (kg m−2), mean (SD)

9514

21.7 (3.3)

Other co-existing chronic diseases yes (%)

9627

4178 (43.4)

 Respiratory disease

 

1077 (11.2)

 Digestive diseases

 

813 (8.4)

 Endocrine disease

 

545 (5.7)

 Cardio-cerebrovascular disease

 

505 (5.2)

 Urinary disease

 

233 (2.4)

 Others

 

440 (4.6)

 Missing

 

565 (5.9)

Duration (years), mean (SD)

8931

4.0 (6.0)

Severity of dermatological disease (%)

9415

 

 Slight

 

321 (3.4)

 Mild

 

2995 (31.8)

 Moderate

 

4761 (50.6)

 Severe

 

1220 (13.0)

 Very severe

 

118 (1.3)

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index