Table 2.
Parental associations of childhood atopic dermatitis severity.
| Atopic dermatitis severity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (n = 7198) | Moderate (n = 2612) | Severe (n = 576) | ||||||
| Highest level of education | Freq | Percent (95% CI) | Freq | Percent (95% CI) | Freq | Percent (95% CI) | P-value* | |
| Father | < HS | 308 | 59.7 (51.1 – 68.3) | 151 | 32.1 (23.6 – 40.5) | 45 | 8.2 (4.6 – 11.9) | 0.001 |
| HS | 1100 | 64.9 (58.6 – 71.2) | 423 | 28.1 (22.0 – 34.2) | 89 | 7.0 (3.4 – 10.6) | ||
| > HS | 4153 | 73.1 (70.4 – 75.8) | 1373 | 23.5 (21.0 – 26.1) | 210 | 3.3 (2.2 – 4.4) | ||
| Mother | < HS | 381 | 62.8 (55.0 – 70.5) | 160 | 26.1 (19.2 – 33.1) | 64 | 11.1 (6.8 – 15.4) | <0.0001 |
| HS | 1158 | 59.7 (54.5 – 65.0) | 461 | 27.9 (23.2 – 32.5) | 135 | 12.4 (8.2 – 16.5) | ||
| > HS | 5238 | 69.9 (67.2 – 72.6) | 1836 | 25.5 (22.9 – 28.1) | 332 | 4.6 (3.5 – 5.6) | ||
| Birthplace in United States | ||||||||
| Father | No | 635 | 68.3 (61.6 – 74.9) | 219 | 26.1 (19.7 – 32.6) | 38 | 5.6 (2.9 – 8.3) | 0.72 |
| Yes | 4952 | 70.4 (67.7 – 73.1) | 1732 | 25.1 (22.6 – 27.7) | 310 | 4.5 (3.2 – 5.8) | ||
| Mother | No | 734 | 66.3 (59.5 – 73.1) | 280 | 27.1 (20.6 – 33.6) | 56 | 6.6 (3.3 – 9.9) | 0.94 |
| Yes | 6060 | 67.0 (64.5 – 69.4) | 2180 | 26.1 (23.8 – 28.4) | 477 | 7.0 (5.6 – 8.4) | ||
| Overall health | ||||||||
| Mother | Excellent | 2015 | 72.3 (67.8 – 76.9) | 567 | 22.7 (18.4 – 27.0) | 104 | 5.0 (2.6 – 7.4) | <0.0001 |
| Very good | 2724 | 70.7 (67.5 – 74.0) | 979 | 25.6 (22.4 – 28.7) | 159 | 3.7 (2.5 – 4.9) | ||
| Good | 1503 | 66.0 (61.1 – 71.0) | 575 | 25.9 (21.2 – 30.5) | 153 | 8.1 (5.5 – 10.7) | ||
| Fair | 459 | 46.6 (39.1 – 54.1) | 259 | 35.9 (28.0 – 32.8) | 84 | 17.5 (10.8 – 24.3) | ||
| Poor | 117 | 57.1 (43.9 – 70.3) | 88 | 30.6 (19.1 – 42.1) | 32 | 12.3 (5.0 – 19.7) | ||
| Father | Excellent | 1779 | 74.2 (70.1 – 78.3) | 537 | 20.6 (17.1 – 24.0) | 90 | 5.2 (2.5 – 8.0) | 0.15 |
| Very good | 2394 | 69.5 (65.4 – 73.5) | 849 | 26.2 (22.3 – 30.1) | 144 | 4.3 (2.6 – 6.1) | ||
| Good | 1131 | 67.6 (62.0 – 73.2) | 428 | 28.9 (23.3 – 34.4) | 68 | 3.5 (1.9 – 5.1) | ||
| Fair | 246 | 63.1 (52.0 – 74.2) | 110 | 30.9 (19.9 – 41.9) | 32 | 6.1 (2.3 – 9.8) | ||
| Poor | 56 | 69.9 (53.3 – 86.5) | 34 | 21.1 (7.8 – 34.3) | 15 | 9.0 (1.7 – 16.3) | ||
| Mental / emotional health | ||||||||
| Mother | Excellent | 2273 | 68.8 (64.7 – 72.9) | 682 | 26.4 (22.4 – 30.4) | 136 | 4.8 (2.9 – 6.6) | <0.0001 |
| Very good | 2844 | 71.8 (68.4 – 75.1) | 1009 | 24.5 (21.2 – 27.8) | 171 | 3.7 (2,6 0 4.9) | ||
| Good | 1262 | 64.5 (59.6 – 69.4) | 541 | 27.3 (22.7 – 31.8) | 139 | 8.2 (5.6 – 10.8) | ||
| Fair | 371 | 46.9 (37.5 – 56.4) | 192 | 31.5 (22.0 – 41.0) | 65 | 21.6 (12.6 – 30.5) | ||
| Poor | 63 | 47.5 (31.3 – 63.6) | 32 | 19.0 (8.6 – 29.3) | 23 | 33.6 (15.6 – 51.5) | ||
| Father | Excellent | 2189 | 71.5 (67.5 – 75.6) | 656 | 23.0 (19.4 – 26.7) | 117 | 5.5 (2.9 – 8.1) | 0.02 |
| Very good | 2371 | 71.7 (67.8 – 75.6) | 839 | 24.6 (20.8 0 28.5) | 133 | 3.7 (2.4 – 4.9) | ||
| Good | 827 | 67.5 (61.2 – 73.8) | 346 | 28.6 (22.4 – 34.8) | 67 | 3.9 (2.2 – 5.6) | ||
| Fair | 190 | 55.0 (42.1 – 67.8) | 97 | 37.6 (24.8 – 50.5) | 22 | 7.4 (1.2 – 13.7) | ||
| Poor | 21 | 42.9 (3.6 – 82.2) | 16 | 36.0 (5.1 – 67.0) | 10 | 21.1 (0.8 – 41.3) | ||
*
Rao-Scott chi-square tests comparing between mild, moderate and severe eczema.