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Association Between Obesity, Abdominal Obesity, and Adiposity and the Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis in Young Korean Adults: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010.
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- The Role of the Environmental Risk Factors in the Pathogenesis and Clinical Outcome of Atopic Dermatitis.BioMed research international · 2019Review
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- Association Between Airway Parameters and Abdominal Fat Measured via Computed Tomography in Asthmatic Patients.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2018Article
- Association between Resistin Gene Polymorphisms and Atopic Dermatitis.Biomolecules · 2018Article
- Clinical Features of Atopic Dermatitis in Adults Are Different according to Onset.Journal of Korean medical science · 2017Article
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- Associations of Atopic Dermatitis With Obesity and Unmarried Status in Young Adults: Evidence for Atopic Dermatitis as a Life-Style Disorder With High Social Impact.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeWhether obesity is a risk factor for atopic dermatitis (AD) remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between obesity and AD in Korean young adults.
methodsWe included nationally representative data of 5,202 Korean adults aged 19-40 years, obtained from the cross-sectional Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010.
resultsSingle (unmarried) status was more frequently observed in AD patients (male, [P=0.0002] and female, [P<0.0001]). AD prevalence exhibited a U-shape trend in relation to body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and total body fat (BF) percentage, especially in young adult women. Women with BMI ≥25 kg/m², WC ≥80 cm, and highest quartile (Q4) of total BF percentage had the highest prevalence of AD. The odds ratio (OR) for participants with both BMI ≥25 kg/m² and WC ≥80 cm was 3.29 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.71-3.55); therefore, having both general and abdominal obesity was considered a prominent risk factor for AD in young women. After adjustment for confounding factors, including age, smoking, alcohol drinking, exercise, vitamin D, income level, and single status, high BMI (≥30 kg/m²) (OR=4.08, 95% CI: 1.53-10.93), high WC (≥80 cm) (OR=2.05, 95% CI: 1.07-3.94), and high BF percentage (Q4) (OR=2.10, 95% CI: 1.24-3.57) were shown to be significantly associated with AD in young adult women.
conclusionsIn this large-scale nation-wide study of Korean adults, obesity was positively related to the presence of AD in women. Our findings suggest that weight management may help prevent AD.
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