Racial/Ethnic Differences in Incidence and Persistence of Childhood Atopic Dermatitis.

ABSTRACT: Although previous studies have explored racial/ethnic differences in incident atopic dermatitis (AD) in childhood, few studies have examined risk factors associated with AD persistence. As such, we sought to examine differences in incidence and persistence of childhood AD by race/ethnicity accounting for sociodemographic characteristics and perinatal vitamin D levels. Using data from Project Viva, a prospective prebirth cohort in eastern Massachusetts, we studied 1,437 mother-child pairs with known AD status to examine the associations of race/ethnicity with maternally reported child AD. We used multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for sociodemographic factors and maternal plasma vitamin D, to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) of AD incidence at early childhood and persistence a

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6431568 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature