Table 2: Patient characteristics among various disease conditions.

 

No. (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characteristic

PG

All Derm

Psoriasis

Atopic Dermatitis

Skin Cancer

General WFBH

P value

Sample Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 All

255

1020

1020

1020

1020

1020

NA

 Female patients

183

732

732

732

732

732

NA

 Male patients

72

288

288

288

288

288

NA

Age, mean (SD), y

60.3 (15.3)

60.3 (15.3)

60.3 (15.3)

60.3 (15.3)

60.3 (15.3)

60.3 (15.3)

NA

Race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 White

188 (73.7)

821 (80.5)

887 (87.0)

649 (63.6)

821 (80.5)

825 (80.9)

 NA

 Black

60 (23.5)

198 (19.4)

117 (11.5)

335 (32.8)

198 (19.4)

182 (17.8)

NA

 Latin American or Hispanic

1 (< 1)

0

0

0

0

2 (< 1)

NA

 Asian

0

1 (< 1)

6 (< 1)

14 (1.4)

1 (< 1)

1 (<1)

NA

 Alaskan native or American Indian

2 (< 1)

0

1 (< 1)

4 (< 1)

0

0

NA

 Other

4 (1.6)

0

9 (< 1)

18 (1.8)

0

10 (1.0)

NA

BMI

32.3 (9.5)

29.9 (7.6)

30.8 (8.8)

30.0 (7.7)

29.9 (7.6)

29.1 (7.4)

< 0.001*

Comorbidities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Joint

68 (26.7)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 GI

99 (38.8)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Hematologic

16 (6.3)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Collagen-vascular

7 (2.7)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Cancer

25 (9.8)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Other

71 (27.8)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 None

80 (31.4)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Insurance Type

N = 254

N = 1020

N = 1017

N = 1018

N = 1020

N = 1020

< 0.001**

 No insurance

27 (10.6)

 32 (3.1)

52 (5.1)

50 (4.9)

34 (3.3)

45 (4.4)

 

 Medicaid

36 (14.2)

104 (10.2)

96 (9.4)

123 (12.1)

104 (10.2)

78 (7.7)

 

 Medicare

119 (46.9)

397 (38.9)

446 (43.9)

367 (36.0)

397 (38.9)

404 (39.6)

 

 Private

72 (28.3)

487 (47.8)

423 (41.6)

478 (47.0)

485 (47.6)

493 (48.3)

 

SES Index

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 0.001**

 Very Low SES

83 (32.6)

254 (24.9)

161 (15.8)

207 (20.3)

252 (24.7)

206 (20.2)

 

 Low SES

33 (12.9)

148 (14.5)

175 (17.2)

128 (12.6)

147 (14.4)

202 (19.8)

 

 Moderate SES

31 (12.1)

148 (14.5)

146 (14.3)

150 (14.7)

150 (14.7)

204 (20.0)

 

 High SES

56 (22.0)

252 (24.7)

335 (32.8)

343 (33.6)

253 (24.8)

204 (20.0)

 

 Very High SES

52 (20.4)

218 (21.4)

203 (19.9)

192 (18.8)

218 (21.4)

204 (20.0)

 

Abbreviations: NA - not applicable.

(*) T-test for significance, (**) Chi-Square test for significance.