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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2018 May 17;134:7–16. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2018.05.001

Table 1.

Sampling and storage parameters of sebum collected from subjects with and without atopic dermatitis. All data reported as geometric mean [range].

Parameter AD Male (n = 6) AD Female (n = 5) Control Male (n = 5) Control Female (n = 4)
Age (yr) 30.3 [23.1 – 38.5] 42.0 [26.6 – 62.2]a 32.0 [29.0 – 38.1] 28.8 [26.7 – 30.9]
Sebumeter® Reading (μg/cm2)b 33.1 [6 – 73] 8.8 [1 – 28] 36.1 [3 – 123] 39 [20 – 61]
Transepidermal Water Loss (g/h/m2)c 18.6 [8.4 – 34.8] 9.5 [2.8 – 17.5] 13.6 [3.9 – 38.2] 9.5 [5.3 – 21.6]
a

These data include two female subjects with AD who were outliers with respect to age (62.2yr and 57.6yr vs. ADn=9 = 31.2 [23.1 – 46.3]), but not with respect to observed lipid mediators.

b

P > 0.05 for all fixed effects when analyzed using a full factorial MANOVA approach, testing for the effects of disease, gender, and the interaction between them. Disease, gender and their interaction were included as fixed effects, and subject was included as a random effect.

c

P = 0.048 for gender when analyzed using a full factorial MANOVA approach, testing for the effects of disease, gender, and the interaction between them. Disease, gender and their interaction were included as fixed effects, and subject was included as a random effect. P > 0.05 for all other fixed effects.