Clinical and epidemiological analysis of keloids in Chinese patients
| Autor: | Wen-Sheng Lu, Lan-Fang Zhang, Xiu-Hua Yao, Xiao-dong Zheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty China Adolescent Prevalence Dermatology Young Adult Age Distribution Asian People Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans Young adult Family history Age of Onset Sex Distribution skin and connective tissue diseases Child Aged business.industry Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine Heritability Middle Aged Surgery Anatomical sites Child Preschool Keloid Female Age of onset business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of dermatological research. 307(2) |
| ISSN: | 1432-069X |
| Popis: | Keloids are common abnormally raised fibroproliferative lesions that can occur following even minor cutaneous trauma. There are limited data on Chinese patients with keloids, and the purpose of our study was to investigate the clinical and epidemiological features of keloids in Chinese patients. Assessment was performed by unified, designed questionnaires. A total of 715 patients were enrolled and statistical analysis and heritability were performed using EPI INFO 6.0, SPSS13.0 and Falconer’s method. Keloids occurred typically between the ages of 10 and 30 years, and the mean age of initial onset was 21.14 ± 13.45 years in females and 22.55 ± 11.36 years in males. The difference in the mean age of onset was not significant between males and females (p > 0.05). A greater severity of keloids was observed in the positive history family group than in the negative history family group, and this difference was statistically significant (χ 2 = 10.889, p |
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