Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Total N = 60 |
Group A N = 28 |
Group B N = 17 |
Group C N = 15 |
P value | |
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| Age (year) | |||||
| Range (Min, Max) | 22–78 | 23–78 | 32–74 | 22–78 | |
| Mean ± SD | 54.7 ± 16.1 | 54.8 ± 14.8 | 55.0 ± 14.0 | 54.1 ± 21.0 | 0.985 |
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| Sex | |||||
| Men, n (%) | 37 (61.7) | 15 (53.6) | 15 (88.2) | 7 (46.7) | 0.026∗ |
| Women, n (%) | 23 (38.3) | 13 (46.4) | 2 (11.8) | 8 (53.3) | |
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| Lesion area (%) | 30–60 | 30–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | |
| Disease history (month) | |||||
| Range (Min, Max) | 2–240 | 3–240 | 6–120 | 2–240 | |
| Mean ± SD | 61.5 ± 57.6 | 55.8 ± 46.5 | 53.8 ± 33.7 | 80.7 ± 89.4 | 0.332 |
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| Lesion status | |||||
| EASI, Mean ± SD | 30.7 ± 8.7 | 23.9 ± 4.2 | 34.0 ± 7.52 | 39.8 ± 4.91 | <0.0001∗ |
| Serum COR, Mean ± SD (µg/dL) | 10.9 ± 3.1 | 11.1 ± 4.3 | 10.9 ± 2.7 | 10.7 ± 2.0 | 0.967 |
SD: Standard deviation. EASI: eczema area and severity index. COR: Cortisol. One-way ANOVA was performed to compare the three groups. ∗P < 0.05 was considered significant different. 1Significantly higher versus group B (P = 0.004) and group A (P < 0.0001). 2Significantly higher versus group A (P < 0.0001).