Table 1.

Participant characteristics of atopic eczema cases and healthy nasal carriage controls

Phenotype	Atopic Eczema Cases	Nasal Carriage Controls
Total number	9	18
Age in years, mean (range)	1.4 (0.25–4)	6.6 (5–8)
Sex, n	4 males/5 females	9 males/9 females
EASI score, mean (range)1	24.4 (12.8–37)	N/A
Atopic disease, n
Atopic eczema	9	0
Asthma	0	0
Hay fever	2	0
Food allergy	3	0
Other inflammatory skin disease	0	0

Abbreviations. EASI, Eczema Area Severity Index; N/A, not applicable.

¹This range excludes patient 5, who had locally severe disease only.