A Retrospective, Cross-sectional Hospital-based Study to Determine the Epidemiological, Clinical and Comorbidity Characteristics in Older Adults with Psoriasis
Table 2.
Clinical characteristicsof geriatric psoriasis.
|
| Sr. No. |
|
Characteristics |
Elderly (60-75 years) |
Ultraelderly (> 75 years |
P value (p < 0.05) |
ᵪ2 |
Grand total |
|
|
| Freq |
% |
Freq |
% |
|
|
Freq |
% |
|
|
| 1 |
Morphological type of psoriasis |
Chronic plaque psoriasis |
Nummular plaque (1-5 cm) |
127 |
90.1 |
20 |
90.9 |
0.95 |
0.003 |
147 |
90.2 |
|
|
| Large plaque (> 5 cm) |
9 |
6.4 |
2 |
9.1 |
0.48 |
0.48 |
11 |
6.8 |
|
|
| Guttate (<1 cm) |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
4.96 |
7 |
4.3 |
|
|
| Pustular |
2 |
1.4 |
0 |
0 |
0.23 |
1.42 |
2 |
1.2 |
|
|
| Erythrodermic |
1 |
0.7 |
0 |
0 |
0.39 |
0.71 |
1 |
0.6 |
|
|
| Others |
4 |
2.8 |
0 |
0 |
0.09 |
2.84 |
4 |
2.45 |
|
|
| 2 |
Nails involved |
Yes |
53 |
37.6 |
11 |
50 |
0.07 |
3.12 |
64 |
39.3 |
|
|
| No |
88 |
62.4 |
11 |
50 |
99 |
60.7 |
|
|
| 3 |
Psoriatic arthritis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
