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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 May 12;9(8):3120–3129.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.04.064

Table 2.

Estimated national prevalence of sleep disturbance and sleep-related impairment, by AD severity and race.

No sleep disturbance Sleep disturbance Severe sleep disturbance No sleep-related impairment Sleep-related impairment Severe sleep-related impairment
POEM severity of AD
 Mild 1,246,572 (40.3%) 636,118 (21.0%) 1,143,962 (37.8%) 1,456,317 (48.1%) 860,844 (28.4%) 709,490 (23.4%)
 Moderate 262,342 (20.6%) 309,683 (24.3%) 704,275 (55.2%) 312,222 (24.5%) 267,908 (21.0%) 696,170 (54.5%)
 Severe 30,920 (8.8%) 25,359 (7.2%) 296,909 (84.1%) 3,8335 (10.9%) 28,747 (8.1%) 286,106 (81.0%)
Race
 White 970,961 (34.3%) 336,321 (11.9%) 1,520,678 (53.8%) 1,234,209 (43.6%) 54,1172 (19.1%) 1,052,580 (37.2%)
 Black 289,252 (23.7%) 512,547 (42.0%) 419,385 (34.3%) 25,8677 (21.2%) 50,4947 (41.3%) 457,560 (37.5%)
 Other 279,621 (46.1%) 122,292 (20.1%) 205,083 (33.8%) 313,989 (51.7%) 111,380 (18.3%) 181,626 (29.9%)
Total * 1,539,834 (33.1%) 971,160 (20.9%) 2,145,145 (46.1%) 1,806,874 (38.8%) 1,157,499 (24.9%) 1,691,766 (36.3%)
*

Reflects total number and percentage of US population with atopic dermatitis that experience sleep disturbance or sleep-related impairment respectively.