Survey respondents’ characteristics
| Number of participants n=161 | Percentage (%) | |
| Answered for themselves | 151 | 93.8 |
| Answered on behalf of other person | 4 | 2.5 |
| Missing | 3 | 3.7 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 55 | 34.1 |
| Female | 98 | 60.9 |
| Missing | 8 | 5.0 |
| Age (years) | ||
| 5–16 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 16–25 | 8 | 5.0 |
| 26–45 | 27 | 16.8 |
| 46–65 | 73 | 45.3 |
| 65+ | 45 | 28.0 |
| Missing | 6 | 3.7 |
| Portion of skin affected | ||
| Just a few patches (0%–10%) | 35 | 21.7 |
| A fair amount (10%–25%) | 41 | 25.5 |
| Quite a lot (25%–50%) | 33 | 20.5 |
| Very much (50%–80%) | 25 | 15.5 |
| All or nearly all (more than 80%) | 19 | 11.8 |
| Missing | 8 | 5.0 |
| Skin colour | ||
| Fair | 67 | 41.6 |
| Medium | 75 | 46.6 |
| Dark | 10 | 6.2 |
| Very dark | 1 | 0.6 |
| Missing | 8 | 5.0 |
| Family with vitiligo | ||
| Yes | 72 | 44.7 |
| No | 82 | 50.9 |
| Missing | 7 | 4.4 |
| Living | ||
| UK | 147 | 91.3 |
| Europe | 1 | 0.6 |
| Elsewhere | 5 | 3.1 |
| Missing | 8 | 5.0 |