Risk factors associated with onychomycosis
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field OBJECTIVE: To examine possible risk factors related to onychomycosis. BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis is a common disease with multifactorial aetiology, but little is known about the risk factors...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/14489 2023-05-15T16:51:28+02:00 Risk factors associated with onychomycosis Sigurgeirsson, B Steingrimsson, O 2007-11-06 YES http://hdl.handle.net/2336/14489 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00851.x en eng Elsevier Science Publishers http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00851.x J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2004, 18(1):48-51 0926-9959 14678531 doi:10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00851.x DAV12 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/14489 Iceland/epidemiology Onychomycosis Prevalence Health Surveys Registries Risk Factors Article 2007 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00851.x 2022-05-29T08:21:02Z To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field OBJECTIVE: To examine possible risk factors related to onychomycosis. BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis is a common disease with multifactorial aetiology, but little is known about the risk factors for this disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Questions related to signs, symptoms and possible risk factors associated with onychomycosis were sent to 3992 persons aged 16 years and older selected randomly from the Icelandic National Registry. Patients with suspected onychomycosis, based on photographs, were offered mycological examination. Data from the questionnaire and the results of mycological examination were used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) for several factors that might be associated with onychomycosis. RESULTS: Two thousand four hundred and eighty-six subjects responded to the questionnaire. Prevalence for mycologically determined onychomycosis was 11.1% in the Icelandic population. A history of the following factors more than doubled the risk of onychomycosis: cancer (OR 3.44; 95% CI 1.15-10.35), psoriasis (OR 2.44; 95% CI 1.61-3.72), tinea pedis interdigitalis (OR 3.93; 95% CI 3.11-4.95), the moccasin form of tinea pedis (OR 4.26; 94% CI 3.34-5.45), parents with onychomycosis (OR 2.59; 95% CI 1.89-3.53), children with onychomycosis (OR 3.48; 95% CI 2.05-5.88), spouse with onychomycosis (OR 2.53; 95% CI 1.72-3.72), regular swimming activity (OR 2.57; 95% CI 2.00-3.30) and age 50 years or older (OR 2.74; 95% CI 2.19-3.42). CONCLUSIONS: Several risk factors are associated with onychomycosis. Knowledge of these risk factors is important when treating and educating patients with onychomycosis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 18 1 48 51 |
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To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field OBJECTIVE: To examine possible risk factors related to onychomycosis. BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis is a common disease with multifactorial aetiology, but little is known about the risk factors for this disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Questions related to signs, symptoms and possible risk factors associated with onychomycosis were sent to 3992 persons aged 16 years and older selected randomly from the Icelandic National Registry. Patients with suspected onychomycosis, based on photographs, were offered mycological examination. Data from the questionnaire and the results of mycological examination were used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) for several factors that might be associated with onychomycosis. RESULTS: Two thousand four hundred and eighty-six subjects responded to the questionnaire. Prevalence for mycologically determined onychomycosis was 11.1% in the Icelandic population. A history of the following factors more than doubled the risk of onychomycosis: cancer (OR 3.44; 95% CI 1.15-10.35), psoriasis (OR 2.44; 95% CI 1.61-3.72), tinea pedis interdigitalis (OR 3.93; 95% CI 3.11-4.95), the moccasin form of tinea pedis (OR 4.26; 94% CI 3.34-5.45), parents with onychomycosis (OR 2.59; 95% CI 1.89-3.53), children with onychomycosis (OR 3.48; 95% CI 2.05-5.88), spouse with onychomycosis (OR 2.53; 95% CI 1.72-3.72), regular swimming activity (OR 2.57; 95% CI 2.00-3.30) and age 50 years or older (OR 2.74; 95% CI 2.19-3.42). CONCLUSIONS: Several risk factors are associated with onychomycosis. Knowledge of these risk factors is important when treating and educating patients with onychomycosis. |
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