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. 2025 Jun;55(6):493-495.
doi: 10.1111/cea.14629. Epub 2025 Jan 21.

Associations Between Self-Reported Dietary Intake and Atopic Dermatitis Risk in Young Adults From Singapore and Malaysia

Jun Jie Lim  1 , Kavita Reginald  1   2 , Yee-How Say  1   2   3 , Mei Hui Liu  4 , Fook Tim Chew  1
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Associations Between Self-Reported Dietary Intake and Atopic Dermatitis Risk in Young Adults From Singapore and Malaysia

Jun Jie Lim et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2025 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: atopic dermatitis; dermatology; dietary intake; education; epidemiology; macronutrients; prevention.

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Conflict of interest statement

F.T.C. reports grants from the National University of Singapore, Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund, Singapore Immunology Network, National Medical Research Council (NMRC) (Singapore), Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) (Singapore), National Research Foundation (NRF) (Singapore), Singapore Food Agency (SFA), Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore), during the conduct of the study; and consulting fees from Sime Darby Technology Centre; First Resources Ltd.; Genting Plantation, Olam International, Musim Mas and Syngenta Crop Protection, outside the submitted work. The other authors declare no other competing interests. This research is supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore under its Open Fund‐Large Collaborative Grant (MOH‐001636) (A‐8002641‐00‐00) and administered by the Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council.

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FIGURE 1
Odds ratio plot illustrating the association between three‐way intake (high‐fat, high‐protein and high‐GI foods) and current AD among 17,060 young adults from the SMCGES. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) are shown. High‐GI food intake (categorised as infrequent‐frequent) was also included in the multivariable logistic regression model, though not shown as a separate visual element in the figure. The analysis was adjusted for age, sex, body mass index (Asian class), parental AD, parental education, alcohol intake and energy intake. The reference category (frequent intake for all macronutrient) is indicated by the black diamond marker, with a dashed vertical line at AOR = 1.000 for reference. Asterisks indicate statistical significance after Bonferroni correction: p < 0.00625 (***) with non‐significant (ns) results marked accordingly. AOR with statistical significance were marked in orange.
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