Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants.

From: Darier disease is associated with heart failure: a cross-sectional case-control and population based study

Baseline Characteristics

DD Patients

Control Patients

P-Value

n

25

25

 

Age (years)

52 ± 13 (27–78)

51 ± 13 (27–76)

0,80#

Male sex (total number)

10 (40)

10 (40)

1,000

BMI (kg/m2)

28,2±5,3 (18,9–42,3)

27,0±5,0 (19,8–38,7)

0,45#

Weight (kg)

81,4±17,8 (54–119)

78,8±18.2 (49,3–117)

0,73#

Height (cm)

169,6 ± 9,9 (152–193)

170,3 ± 11,5

(148,5–193)

0,83#

Current smoker

5 (20)

2 (8)

0,417

DM family history

13 (52)

11 (44)

0,778

Acitretin treatment

14 (56)

0 (0)

<0,001

Hypertension treatment

3 (12)

4 (16)

1,000

Dyslipidemia treatment

3 (12)

2 (8)

1,000

MutatioN related to treatment in DD patients (n = 25)

Pathogenic Mutation

Benign/Unknown/

No Mutation

Mutation Not Analyzed

Acitretin treatment

9

4

1

Isotretinoin treatment

3

0

0

No systemic treatment

4

2

2

Retinoid treatment % of total

75%

67%

33%

  1. Continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (minimum-maximum). Other was expressed as number (total number) of criteria. Categorical values were expressed as a number (%).
  2. #Mann-Whitney U Test; Fisher’s Exact Test; DD, Darier disease; n, number; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus.