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Table 2 Frequency of categories of skin diseases and dermatological diagnoses under each category

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

No. of Categories

 

Frequency

Category (%)

Disease (%)

1

Skin appendages diseases

3369 (34.2)

 

Acne

 

2947 (29.9)

Alopecia

 

260 (2.6)

Alopecia areata

 

129 (1.3)

Others

 

33 (0.3)

2

Dermatitis

2524 (25.6)

 

Eczemaa

 

1275 (13.0)

Non-specific dermatitisa

 

517 (5.3)

Seborrheic dermatitis

 

312 (3.2)

Contact dermatitis

 

200 (2.0)

Neurodermatitis

 

132 (1.3)

Atopic dermatitis

 

57 (0.6)

Perioral dermatitis

 

25 (0.3)

Others

 

6 (0.1)

3

Erythematous and papulosquamous diseases

1453 (14.8)

 

Psoriasis

 

1335 (13.6)

Pityiasis rosea

 

56 (0.6)

Lichen planus

 

13 (0.1)

Others

 

49 (0.5)

4

Urticaria [2]

721 (7.3)

721 (7.3)

5

Viral skin diseases

429 (4.4)

 

Herps

 

259 (2.6)

Warts

 

151 (1.5)

Others

 

19 (0.2)

6

Disturbances of pigmentation

328 (3.3)

 

Chloasma

 

185 (1.9)

Vitiligo

 

109 (1.1)

Freckle

 

10 (0.1)

Others

 

24 (0.2)

7

Bacterial infections

169 (1.7)

 

Folliculitis

 

142 (1.4)

Furuncle

 

12 (0.1)

Erysipelas

 

10 (0.1)

Others

 

5 (0.1)

8

Dermatomycoses

159 (1.6)

 

Tinea

 

116 (1.2)

Onychomycosis

 

33 (0.3)

Others

 

10 (0.1)

9

Cutaneous vasculitis

118 (1.2)

 

Purpura

 

68 (0.7)

Erythema nodosum

 

22 (0.2)

Vasculitis

 

10 (0.1)

Others

 

18 (0.2)

10

Drug eruptions

78 (0.8)

78 (0.8)

11

Benign skin and vascular tumors

73 (0.7)

 

Melanocytic nevi

 

29 (0.3)

Others

 

44 (0.4)

12

Connective tissue diseases

66 (0.7)

 

SLE

 

48 (0.5)

Others

 

18 (0.2)

13

Pruritic diseases

57 (0.6)

 

Pruritus

 

32 (0.3)

Prurigo

 

25 (0.3)

14

Genital skin diseases

40 (0.4)

 

15

Genetic skin diseases

35 (0.4)

 

Ichthyosis

 

10 (0.1)

Others

 

25 (0.3)

16

Vesiculobullous diseases

15 (0.2)

 

17

Metabolic skin diseases

13 (0.1)

 

Cutaneous amyloidosis

 

12 (0.1)

Others

 

1 (0.0)

18

Parasitic skin diseases

5 (0.0)

 

19

Physical factors induced diseases

4 (0.0)

 

20

Skin malignancies

4 (0.0)

 

21

Other categories

37 (0.4)

 

Missing

148 (1.5)

 

Total

9845

 
  1. aMore details of this diagnosis were unavailable. Skin diseases with frequency more than 100 were presented in bold