The Relationship between Eating Styles and the Severity of Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Thailand

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics, eating styles, eating attitudes, and stress status of psoriasis patients (n = 158).

Variables	Category	N	Percent
Age (years)	18–39	30	19.0
	40–59	66	41.8
	≥60	62	39.2
Gender	Male	94	59.5
	Female	64	40.5
Duration of psoriasis (years)	1–5	34	21.7
	6–15	73	46.5
	>15	50	31.9
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	<25	69	43.7
	25–29.9	55	34.8
	≥30	34	21.5
Body fat mass (percentage)	Male <25; Female <35	44	27.9
	Male ≥25; Female ≥35	114	72.1
Smoking status	Never	120	76.0
	Former	17	10.8
	Current	21	13.3
Alcohol consumption	Never	107	67.7
	Former	38	24.1
	Current	13	8.2
Nocturnal sleep duration	Short (<7 hours)	55	35.3
	Moderate (7–9 hours)	95	60.9
	Long (>9 hours)	6	3.8
Daytime sleep duration	0 hours	90	57.7
	>0 minutes and ≤30 minutes	8	5.1
	>30 minutes	58	37.2
Severity of psoriasis	Mild (PASI ≤6)	116	73.4
	Moderate (PASI 6–10)	26	16.5
	Severe (PASI >10)	16	10.1
Joint involvement	No	92	58.2
	Yes	66	41.8
Nail involvement	No	112	70.9
	Yes	46	29.1
Psoriasis treatment	No treatment	7	4.5
	Topical treatment	115	73.2
	Topical + systemic treatment	35	22.3
Stress status	Normal mental health	38	24.0
	Mild stress status	78	49.4
	Stressful status	42	26.6
Eating attitude test-26	<12	123	77.9
	≥12	35	22.1
Eating styles	Emotional eating	22	13.9
	External eating	31	19.6
	Restrained eating	94	59.5
	Combined	11	7.0

Total number may vary because of missing values.