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SynthesisJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2022

Mixed evidence on the relationship between socioeconomic position and atopic dermatitis: A systematic review.

Harsimran Bajwa, Mohsen Baghchechi, Mahasin Mujahid, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Sinéad M Langan, Katrina Abuabara

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Prevention of Atopic Dermatitis: What Are We Missing?Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2025
    Review
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  13. AtopyRegAmerican journal of clinical dermatology · 2024
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  14. Atopic Dermatitis Across Shades of Skin.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2023
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Harsimran BajwaSchool of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Mohsen BaghchechiSchool of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California.
Mahasin MujahidDivision of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Mi-Suk Kang DufourDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Sinéad M LanganDepartment of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Katrina AbuabaraDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: katrina.abuabara@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Social, environmental, and epigenetic drivers of atopic dermatitis disease courseK23AR073915 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ABUABARA, KATRINA ELAINE · 2018 to 2022
$881k
NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR073915Wellcome Trust 205039/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLower socioeconomic position usually portends worse health outcomes, but multiple studies have found that atopic dermatitis is associated with higher socioeconomic position. The nature of this relationship remains unclear.

objectiveTo systematically review the literature on socioeconomic position and atopic dermatitis and determine whether the association varies by patient or study characteristics.

methodsA literature search was conducted in the PubMed and Embase databases. Individual-level studies addressing the association between all measures of socioeconomic position and the prevalence or incidence of atopic dermatitis were eligible for inclusion. Two independent reviewers screened all texts and extracted all data for qualitative synthesis.

resultsEighty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Of the 88 studies, 42% (37) found a positive association between atopic dermatitis and socioeconomic position, 15% (13) found a negative association, and 43% (38) found a null or inconsistent association. Studies conducted in Europe, among children, and based on self-report of eczema were more likely to find a positive association with socioeconomic position. LIMITATIONS: Studies varied both in terms of the measurement of socioeconomic position and the definition of atopic dermatitis, limiting quantitative synthesis.

conclusionThe evidence of a positive association between atopic dermatitis and socioeconomic position is not consistent.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicChildEuropeHumansPrevalenceSocioeconomic Factorsatopicdermatitiseczemasocioeconomic positionsocioeconomic status

Identifiers

PMID34547359
PMCPMC8810617

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