Patient-Reported Outcomes of Arsenic-Related Skin Lesions in China
Table 1
haracteristics of the participants by locationa.
Realgar Plant Community
Heshan Village
Wangyangqiao Village
59 (13)
297 (64)
108 (23)
Age (year)
0.429
Gender
Male
4 (7)
140 (47)
64 (59)
<0.001
Female
55 (93)
157 (53)
44 (41)
Ethnicity
Han
30 (51)
206 (69)
93 (86)
<0.001
Other
29 (49)
91 (31)
15 (14)
Marriage
Married
42 (72)
246 (83)
97 (91)
0.038
Widowed
16 (28)
41 (14)
7 (6)
Divorced/unmarried
0 (0)
10 (3)
3 (3)
Educational level
Primary school and below
28 (49)
191 (65)
62 (59)
0.051
Middle school
15 (26)
74 (25)
29 (28)
High school
13 (23)
26 (9)
11 (11)
College and above
1 (2)
3 (1)
3 (3)
Household annual income (CNY)
<10000
29 (51)
152 (52)
47 (44)
0.047
10000–29999
23 (40)
127 (43)
42 (39)
30000–49999
4 (7)
10 (3)
12 (11)
≥50000
1 (2)
4 (1)
6 (6)
Occupational exposure history
30 (51)
41 (14)
4 (4)
<0.001
Hair arsenic (μg/g)
0.310
Arsenic-related skin lesions
Pigmentary changes
53 (90)
278 (94)
97 (90)
0.344
Hyperkeratosis
17 (29)
91 (31)
23 (21)
0.181
Itch NRS (0–10)
<0.001
PSQI (0–21)
0.006
GAD-2 (0–6)
<0.001
PHQ-2 (0–6)
0.016
DLQI (0–30)
<0.001
aBMI: body mass index; IQR: interquartile range; NRS: numeric rating scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; GAD-2: two-item Anxiety Disorder Scale; PHQ-2: two-item Patient Health Questionnaire; DLQI: Dermatology Life Quality Index. Continuous data are expressed as . Categorical data are expressed as count (%).
