Table 1 Demographic and disease-related characteristics of cohorts.

From: Ultrasound-assisted intralesional corticosteroid infiltrations for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa

 

Infiltrated cohort

N = 130

Non-infiltrated cohort

N = 63

p

Age

31.1 (SD 1.6)

35.5 (SD 1.1)

0.02

Sex (female:male)

45:18

89:41

0.67

Hurley I

26.9% (35)

23.8% (15)

0.4

 II

54.6% (71)

49.2% (31)

 III

18.4% (24)

26.9% (17)

Baseline IHS4

5.7 (SD 0.4)

7.4 (SD 0.6)

0.01

Systemic treatment

56.9% (74)

100% (63)

0.01

  1. IHS4 International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Scoring System, SD standard deviation.