Table 2.

Clinical characteristics

	Nipple eczema with AD (Group I) (n = 39)	Nipple eczema without AD (Group II) (n = 61)	p-Value
Mean age (years)	27.4	28.6	0.07
Parity	P1 = 35.9%	P1 = 39.4%	0.87
	P2 = 53.8%	P2 = 50.8%
	>P2 = 10.3%	>P2 = 9.8%
Trimester of pregnancy	T1 – 28.5%	T1 – 32.1%	0.21
	T2 – 49.4%	T2 – 37.7%
	T3 – 22.1%	T3 – 30.2%
Duration of eczema (in weeks)	24.5	22.7	0.19
Laterality (uni/bilateral)	Bi = 79.4%	Bi = 63.9%	0.09
Total leukocyte count (per μL)	8387.1	6942.8	<0.01
Differential leukocyte count (% of eosinophils)	6.6 ± 5.1	2.1 ± 1.7	<0.01
Absolute eosinophil count/μL	392.5 ± 202.8	107.3 ± 81.6	<0.01
Serum IgE levels (IU/mL)	310.5	292.7	0.17