title: Clinical characteristics of a series of 302 French patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, with an analysis of factors associated with disease severity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Factors associated with the severity of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) are not known.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We sought to identify factors associated with the severity of HS.
  
  
  METHODS
  The severity of disease in a series of 302 consecutive patients with HS was assessed using the Sartorius score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Atypical locations were more common in men than in women (47.1% vs 14.8%; P < .001). Men also had more severe disease (median Sartorius score: 20.5 vs 16.5; P = .02). Increased body mass index (P < .001), atypical locations (P = .002), a personal history of severe acne (P = .04), and absence of a family history of HS (P = .06) were associated with an increased Sartorius score. The Sartorius score was highly correlated with the intensity and duration of pain and suppuration (all P values < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The referral center base of the study may have biased recruitment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data showed a significant association between the severity of HS and several clinical and behavioral factors. Prospective studies are needed to confirm the prognostic role of these factors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Investigation Clinique EA4393, Université Paris 12, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canoui-Poitrine
authors.forename: Jean E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Revuz
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wolkenstein
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viallette
authors.forename: Germaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gabison
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pouget
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: Ousmane
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bastuji-Garin
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000150:complications; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors