A nationwide, multicentric case & #8211;control study on vitiligo (MEDEC-V) to elicit the magnitude and correlates

Conclusion: This is one of the largest studies done on vitiligo in India. The prevalence of vitiligo was found to be 0.89% among hospital attendees. Prevalence of vitiligo was higher among females than in males and prevalence of family history, consanguinity, hypothyroid disorders were higher in vitiligo than among controls.

Source: Indian Journal of Dermatology - October 23, 2020 Category: Dermatology Authors: Nilendu Sarma Sayantani Chakraborty Shital Poojary B M Shashi Kumar Lalit Kumar Gupta Leelavathy Budamakuntla Leishiwon Kumrah Suchibrata Das Ajay Govindrao Ovhal Nirmal Kumar Mandal Shuvankar Mukherjee TV Anoop Binod Kumar Thakur L Eswari Joan Felicita S Source Type: research