Table 2.
Physiological characteristics of study participants (relative frequency (%); mean ± SD).
| Physiological Characteristics |
Healthy Group (n = 33) |
Atopic Group (n = 19) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK | H0 | p-Value | AK | A0 | p-Value | |
| Gender | 0.208 | 0.330 | ||||
| Female, n (%) | 12 (92.3) | 15 (75.0) | 9 (100) | 9 (90.0) | ||
| Male, n (%) | 1 (7.7) | 5 (25.0) | 0 | 1 (10.0) | ||
| Age, mean (SD), years | 28.9 (13.0) | 25.8 (7.71) | 0.739 * | 30.4 (12.3) | 32.9 (12.1) | 0.538 * |
| Skin Phototype | 0.388 | 0.252 | ||||
| Type II, n (%) | 6 (46.2) | 7 (35.0) | 4 (44.4) | 2 (20.0) | ||
| Type III, n (%) | 5 (38.5) | 12 (60.0) | 5 (55.6) | 8 (80.0) | ||
| Type IV n (%) | 2 (15.3) | 1 (5.0) | 0 | 0 | ||
| BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 | 22.6 (3.68) | 23.3 (4.19) | 0.439 * | 22.7 (3.40) | 22.8 (2.18) | 0.540 * |
| Waist circumference, mean (SD), cm | 72.4 (9.19) | 77.5 (13.6) | 0.328 * | 77.2 (8.67) | 78.6 (6.02) | 0.653 * |
SD—standard deviation. BMI—Body Mass Index. HK—healthy skin with kefir intake; H0—healthy skin without kefir intake; AK—atopic skin with kefir intake; A0—atopic skin without kefir intake. Groups compared by Chi-square test, except (*) where Mann-Whitney U test was applied, with p < 0.05 for statistical significance.