Characteristics of study subjects: Subset I Study
Our Subset I Study examined 248 children, 179 in a control group and 69
in an atopic dermatitis group (Table 1). These two groups had similar
age, height, BMI, and gender distribution, and no significant
differences in the rates of asthma, allergic rhinitis, passive smoking
exposure, prematurity, low birthweight, or allergic sensitization.
Analysis of blood lipid levels (Figure 1, Table 1) indicated that
children with atopic dermatitis had significantly higher mean levels of
TC (173.0 [95% CI: 158.0, 191.0] vs. 194.0 [95% CI:
188.0, 205.5] mg/dL, P < 0.001) and TG (76.0 [95%
CI: 55.0, 107.0] vs. 97.0 [95% CI: 65.0, 129.5] mg/dL,P = 0.006), but the two groups had similar levels of LDL-C and
HDL-C.