title: [Pigmented erythema: a marker of alcoholism].
abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the association between chronic alcoholism and pigmented erythema in the lower limbs. 489 patients were prospectively registered for this study; a significant association was observed between chronic alcoholism and pigmented erythema (prevalence 41,95 in alcoholics and 14.29 in nonalcoholics. x2 = 47.57; p less than 0.0001; OR = 4.274, confidence interval (CI) = 6.49-2.81); being more evident in patients under 60 years old (40% in alcoholics and 5.94 in non-alcoholics. x2 = 37.36; p less than 0.0001; OR = 9,21; IC = 4.29-19.77). Alcoholics with erythema tended to be the older ones, however, at the same time, they were younger than the non-alcoholic patients with erythema. Erythema was associated to the period time of ethanol addiction. Thus, we concluded that pigmented erythema can be considered a new alcoholism marker.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Rodríguez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González Reimers
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Santolaria Fernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Batista López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez Sirvent
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Moreno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Riera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Eritema pigmentario: un marcador del alcoholismo.