Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data
| Patients with atopic dermatitis | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 74 | 20 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 56 | 14 | |
| Female | 18 | 6 | |
| Age (months), median (range) | 7·4 (0·8‒11·8) | 7·0 (0‒12·3) | |
| Age at onset (months), median (range) | 1·8 (0·5‒10·1) | ‒ | |
| T0 | T6 | ||
| SCORAD, median (range) | 45·0 (23·4‒91·3) | 16·4 (0‒79·6) | ‒ |
| TEWL (g m‒2 h‒1), median (range) | 21·5 (8·5‒53·9) | 14·8 (7·4‒48·0) | 11·8 (4·0‒15·6) |
| FLG status | |||
| Wild‐type | 37 | 18 | |
| Heterozygous | 27 | 2 | |
| Homozygous | 5 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 5 | 0 | |
SCORAD, SCORing Atopic Dermatitis; TEWL, transepidermal water loss; FLG, filaggrin gene.