Short-term skin problems in infants aged 0–3 months affect food allergies or atopic dermatitis until 2 years of age, among infants of the general population

Table 4 Duration of skin problems in the first 3 months of life

Duration of skin problems	Food allergy (n = 22; 14.2%)			p-value^†	AD/eczema (n = 28; 18.1%)			p-value^†
Duration of skin problems	Nothing (0–3 days)	Short-term (4–7 days)	Long-term (more than 7 days)	p-value^†	Nothing (0–3 days)	Short-term (4–7 days)	Long-term (more than 7 days)	p-value^†
Had severe diaper dermatitis^‡	18 (12.9)	2 (22.2)	2 (33.3)	0.288	22 (15.7)	4 (44.4)	2 (33.3)	0.058
Had moderate face skin problems^§	4 (8.2)	0 (0.0)	18 (18.6)	0.107	7 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	21 (21.6)	0.192
Had severe face skin problems^§	17 (13.0)	1 (14.3)	4 (23.5)	0.503	21 (16.0)	3 (42.9)	4 (23.5)	0.164
Had moderate body skin problems^§	9 (11.0)	3 (17.6)	10 (17.9)	0.477	13 (15.9)	1 (5.9)	14 (25.0)	0.150
Had severe body skin problems^§	17 (11.6)	2 (66.7)	3 (50.0)	0.001	25 (17.1)	1 (33.3)	2 (33.3)	0.471

Data are presented as n (%), where (%) indicates the incidence rate of food allergy or AD/eczema
^† Calculated using a Chi square test
^‡Dermatitis was assessed using the diaper rash and erythema scoring scale. In this study, at least a moderate score (2.0) determined severe diaper dermatitis
^§Skin problems were assessed using the Neonatal Skin Condition Score. In this study, moderate and severe skin problems were defined as at least 5 (level 3 on the scale) and 7 (level 5 on the scale) points, respectively

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