Research Article
Quality of Life in Patients with Morphea: A Cross-Sectional Study and a Review of the Current Literature
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patient population.
| | Morphea, (%) |
| Gender | Male | 8 (12.3%) | Female | 57 (87.7%) | Age | | Clinical subtype of morphea | Plaque type | 31 (47.7%) | Generalized type | 15 (23.0%) | Linear type | 3 (4.6%) | En coup de sabre | 1 (1.5%) | Progressive facial hemiatrophy (Pary-Romberg syndrome) | 2 (3.1%) | Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini (APP) | 7 (10.8%) | Deep type | 1 (1.5%) | Lichen sclerosus | 5 (7.7%) | Autoimmune comorbidity | | Yes | 14 (21.5%) | No | 51 (78.5%) | Autoimmune diseases in the family | | Yes | 14 (21.5%) | No | 51 (78.5%) | Presence of antinuclear antibodies | | Yes | 18 (27.7%) | No | 24 (36.9%) | Not assessed | 23 (35.4%) |
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