Patients With Non-AT/AU Patients With AT/AU
Outcome Non-AT/AU (n=1105) Matched Controls Without AA (n=3315) P Value AT/AU (n=130) Matched Controls Without AA (n=390) P Value
HCRU visits, mean ± SD
Outpatient visits 11.6±11.6 8.0±12.8 <.001 14.5±11.8 7.1±9.6 <.001
Dermatologist visits 3.4±5.1 0.4±1.7 <.001 3.6±4.3 0.3±1.0 <.001
Psychiatrist visits 0.3±2.3 0.3±1.6 .559 0.1±0.7 0.3±1.3 .272
Psychologist visits 0.3±1.8 0.4±3.7 .278 0.2±1.6 0.1±0.7 .199
Any dermatologist visit, n (%) 903 (81.7) 548 (16.5) <.001 93 (71.5) 56 (14.4) <.001
Any psychiatrist visit, n (%) 55 (5.0) 195 (5.9) .293 7 (5.4) 22 (5.6) 1.000
Any psychologist visit, n (%) 45 (4.1) 140 (4.2) .896 6 (4.6) 14 (3.6) .792
Medication use, n (%)
Corticosteroids
Topical 402 (36.4) 51 (1.5) <.001 38 (29.2) 1 (0.3) <.001
Injectable 568 (51.4) 30 (0.9) <.001 38 (29.2) 6 (1.5) <.001
Oral 121 (11.0) 234 (7.1) <.001 37 (28.5) 20 (5.1) <.001
Methotrexate 14 (1.3) 1 (0.1) <.001 11 (8.5) 1 (0.3) <.001
Mental health
Antidepressants 82 (7.4) 312 (9.4) .051 16 (12.3) 27 (6.9) .081
Anxiolytics 48 (4.3) 129 (3.9) .565 5 (3.8) 12 (3.1) .887