Stephan Traidl, Moritz M Hollstein, Nadine Kroeger, Sascha Fischer, Annice Heratizadeh, Luise Heinrich, Barbara Kind, Doreen Siegels, Susanne Abraham, Thomas Schäfer, Matthias Augustin, Inken Harder, Andreas Pinter, Knut Schäkel, Andreas Wollenberg, Konstantin Ertner, Jutta Ramaker-Brunke, Anne Bong, Sven Quist, Hannah Gorriahn-Maiterth, Florian Schenck, Michael Sticherling, Isaak Effendy, Beate Schwarz, Christiane Handrick, Andrea Asmussen, Stephan Weidinger, Jochen Schmitt, Thomas Werfel
BACKGROUND: There are conflicting data on a potential association between obesity and atopic dermatitis (AD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between obesity and AD disease severity. METHODS: Patients from the TREATgermany registry cohort were divided into three groups according to their body mass index (BMI). Due to low numbers, underweight patients (BMI <18.5 kg/m2 ) were excluded from the analysis. Physician- and patient-reported disease severity scores as well as additional phenotypic characteristics were evaluated for association with BMI...
April 25, 2024: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV