Table 1: Demographic and clinical characteristics in institutionalized elderly with onychomycosis in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Variables | n | % |
Sex | ||
Female | 21 | 63.6 |
Male | 12 | 36.4 |
Age range | ||
55-65 | 7 | 21.2 |
66-75 | 11 | 33.3 |
76-85 | 14 | 42.5 |
86 | 1 | 3 |
Location | ||
Fingernails | 4 | 12.1 |
Toenails | 29 | 87.9 |
Clinical classification | ||
DLSO | 21 | 63.7 |
TO | 8 | 24.2 |
PSO | 4 | 12.1 |
Time the lesion has evolved (years) | ||
> 2 | 8 | 24 |
2-5 | 7 | 21 |
< 5 | 18 | 55 |
Chronic ailment | ||
Yes | 28 | 85 |
No | 5 | 15 |
Previous fungal infection | ||
Yes | 28 | 85 |
No | 5 | 15 |
DLSO: Distal lateral subungual onychomycosis; TO: Total onychodystrophy; PSO: Proximal subungual onychomycosis.