. 2022 Apr 12;24(1):139–152. doi: 10.1007/s10198-022-01460-y

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with AD

Variables	Mean (SD) or n (%)
Age (years)	31.34 (11.68)
Sex
Female	126 (57.8%)
Male	92 (42.2%)
Education (missing = 2)
Primary	12 (5.6%)
Secondary	112 (51.9%)
Tertiary	92 (42.6%)
Employment^a
Employed full-time	109 (50.0%)
Employed part time	24 (11.0%)
Retired	7 (3.2%)
Disability pensioner	6 (2.8%)
Unemployed	12 (5.5%)
Student	60 (27.5%)
Other	23 (10.6%)
Disease duration (years) (missing = 3)	19.02 (12.91)
Current treatment
None	21 (9.6%)
Topical (only)	51 (23.4%)
Phototherapy	3 (1.4%)
Systemic non-biological^b	138 (63.3%)
Biological (dupilumab)	5 (2.3%)

AD atopic dermatitis

^aMore than one response could be marked

^bIncluding antimicrobial treatment. Monotherapy or in combination with topical or phototherapy