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

Table 2

Association between risk factors and clinical severity of psoriasis in 158 psoriasis patients.

Variables	Category	OR (95% CI)	value
Age (years)	18–39	1.0 (reference)
	40–59	1.50 (0.53–4.27)	0.447
	≥60	1.64 (0.57–4.67)	0.358
Gender	Male	1.0 (reference)
	Female	0.66 (0.32–1.38)	0.271
Duration of psoriasis (years)	1–5	1.0 (reference)
	6–15	0.59 (0.24–1.45)	0.250
	>15	0.90 (0.35–2.29)	0.819
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	<25	1.0 (reference)
	25–29.9	0.71 (0.32–1.58)	0.400
	≥30	0.70 (0.27–1.81)	0.465
Body fat mass (percentage)	Male <25; Female <35	1.0 (reference)
	Male ≥25; Female ≥35	1.33 (0.59–3.00)	0.496
Smoking status	Never	1.0 (reference)
	Former	1.5 (0.51–4.39)	0.459
	Current	0.65 (0.20–2.07)	0.463
Alcohol consumption	Never	1.0 (reference)
	Former	0.96 (0.42–2.22)	0.925
	Current	0.81 (0.21–3.14)	0.757
Nocturnal sleep duration (hrs)	Short (<7)	1.0 (reference)
	Moderate (7–9)	0.71 (0.34–1.50)	0.372
	Long (>9)	0.45 (0.48–4.12)	0.478
Daytime sleep duration	0 hrs	1.0 (reference)
	>0 mins and ≤30 mins	0.50 (0.06–4.31)	0.528
	>30 mins	1.84 (0.88–3.84)	0.103
Joint involvement	No	1.0 (reference)
	Yes	3.55 (1.70–7.44)	0.001
Nail involvement	No	1.0 (reference)
	Yes	2.04 (0.97–4.30)	0.061
Psoriasis treatment	No systemic treatment	1.0 (reference)
	Systemic treatment	1.98 (0.89–4.44)	0.095
Stress status	Normal mental health	1.0 (reference)
	Mild stress status	1.57 (0.63–3.93)	0.337
	Stressful status	1.33 (0.47–3.76)	0.590
Eating attitude test-26	<12	1.0 (reference)
	≥12	1.14 (0.49–2.63)	0.763

CI, confidence interval; hrs, hours; kg, kilogram; m, meter; mins, minutes; OR, odds ratio.