Table 1.
Baseline Demographic and Disease Characteristics of Patients.
| Patients (No.) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Overall (n = 41) | Mild AD (n = 17) | Severe AD (n = 24) | p Value | ||
| Characteristics | ||||||
| Sex, No. (%) | 0.5737 | |||||
| Male | 16 (39.0) | 8 (47.1) | 8 (33.3) | |||
| Female | 25 (61.0) | 9 (52.9) | 16 (66.6) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) [range], y | 47.0 (15.6) [18–73] | 47.6 (15.5) [26–66] | 46.6 (16.0) [18–73] | 0.8633 | ||
| Weight, mean (SD), kg | 59.9 (11.1) | 62.5 (11.1) | 58.0 (10.9) | 0.1414 | ||
| BMI, mean (SD) † | 22.5 (3.3) | 23.1 (3.3) | 22.1 (3.3) | 0.3898 | ||
| EASI, mean (SD) | 17.7 (7.0) | 10.7 (2.1) | 22.7 (4.5) | <0.001 | ||
| Presence of Comorbidity | ||||||
| Allergy ever, No. (%) | ||||||
| Food allergy | 3 (7.3) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (8.3) | >0.999 | ||
| Others | 14 (34.2) | 5 (29.4) | 9 (37.5) | 0.7417 | ||
| GI, No. (%) | ||||||
| Constipation | 14 (34.2) | 6 (35.3) | 8 (33.3) | >0.999 | ||
| Diarrhea | 6 (14.6) | 4 (23.5) | 2 (8.3) | 0.2118 | ||
BMI, body mass index; EASI, Eczema Area and Severity Index. † BMI between 23.0–25.0 kg/m2 is classified as overweight, while BMI > 25.0 kg/m2 is classified as obese.