[Hyperhidrosis as risk factor for tinea pedis].
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a possible association between tinea pedis (interdigital mycosis) and hyperhidrosis by a case-control-study.


METHODS
30 otherwise healthy patients (age 22-56 years, 30% female) with mycologically proven tinea pedis and 51 control patients were included.


RESULTS
53.3% of the patients with tinea pedis and 33.3% of the control-patients had focal hyperhidrosis defined by gravimetry (definition as > or =30 mg sweat/min) (p-value=0.08). To control for possible confounding variables a multivariate analysis was performed including possible risk factors such as gender, regular visits in sauna and/or swimming pools. Multivariate analysis found a 3.5-fold increased risk for patients with tinea pedis to have hyperhidrosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The study supports an association between tinea pedis or interdigital mycosis and focal plantar hyperhidrosis and therefore lends credence to the treatment of hyperhidrosis in patients with tinea pedis.
Boboschko
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Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Division of Evidence Based Medicine, Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie.
Jockenhöfer
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S
Sinkgraven
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R
Rzany
B
B
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*