Investigation and analysis of personality characteristics of primary palmar hyperhidrosis patients: a cross-sectional observational study

Table 5 Clinical characteristics comparison between PPH patients based on PDQ-4 score above or below 30 (N = 791)

Clinical characteristics	PDQ-4 ≥ 30 (N = 128)	PDQ-4 < 30 (N = 663)	X²/Z	P value
Gender			0.581^†	0.446
Male	69	333
Female	59	330
Age [years]			− 2.244^‡	0.025
Median	23	25
IQR	21–28	21–29
BMI [kg/m²]			− 0.969^‡	0.332
Median	20.59	21.19
IQR	19.39–23.43	19.54–23.12
Onset age [years] (N = 598)	PDQ-4 ≥ 30 (N = 83)	PDQ-4 < 30 (N = 515)	− 0.509^‡	0.611
Median	8	8
IQR	5–10	6–11
Impact age [years] (N = 542)	PDQ-4 ≥ 30 (N = 76)	PDQ-4 < 30 (N = 466)	− 0.436^‡	0.663
Median	12	12
IQR	8–15	8–16

PPH primary palmar hyperhidrosis, PDQ-4 Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire—Version 4, IQR Interquartile Range, Impact age the age at which symptoms began to impact daily life
^†Chi-squared test, X² value
^‡Mann–Whitney U, Z value; N: sample size; BMI body mass index

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