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@ARTICLE{Peng:300742,
author = {Z. Peng and L. P. Siziba and H. Brenner$^*$ and D. Wernecke
and D. Rothenbacher and J. Genuneit},
title = {{C}hanges in {C}hildhood {A}topic {D}ermatitis {I}ncidence
and {R}isk {F}actors {O}ver {T}ime: {R}esults {F}rom {T}wo
{G}erman {B}irth {C}ohorts.},
journal = {Clinical $\&$ experimental allergy},
volume = {55},
number = {6},
issn = {0954-7894},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Blackwell Science},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00902},
pages = {469-480},
year = {2025},
note = {2025 Jun;55(6):469-480},
abstract = {Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common allergic skin disease.
We aimed to assess the secular changes in the cumulative
incidence of childhood AD and its risk factors over a
decade.We used data from two methodologically similar cohort
studies in Ulm, Germany, the Ulm Birth Cohort Study (UBCS,
recruited in 2000/2001) and the Ulm SPATZ Health Study
(recruited in 2012/2013). The cumulative incidences of AD as
reported by their family physicians and parents up to the
age of 4 years were compared by log-rank test across the two
cohorts, using propensity score-based weighting to control
confounders. We fitted multivariable Cox regression models
to estimate hazard ratios and $95\%$ confidence intervals
(CIs) for the factors associated with the occurrence of
physician- and parent-reported AD and compared the results
between the two cohorts.The 4-year cumulative incidence
$(95\%$ confidence interval) of physician-reported AD
$(27.4\%$ $(24.4\%-30.5\%)$ in UBCS [2000/2001] vs. $26.4\%$
$(22.8\%-30.2\%)$ in SPATZ [2012/2013], p = 0.728) and
parent-reported AD $(14.5\%$ $(12.2\%-17.0\%)$ in UBCS
[2000/2001] vs. $16.7\%$ $(14.0\%-19.7\%)$ in SPATZ
[2012/2013], p = 0.211) remained stable between the two
cohorts after propensity score-based weighting. We observed
the changes in the association between AD and certain risk
factors (e.g., family history of AD and infantile antibiotic
use) over the decade, but the results need to be interpreted
with caution due to the limited sample size, relatively high
attrition rate and demographic differences between the two
cohorts.Over the decade, childhood AD incidence remained
stable. Further studies are needed to verify whether there
is a growing importance of environmental and
microbiota-related factors for AD development over time.},
keywords = {atopic dermatitis (Other) / cumulative incidence (Other) /
environment (Other) / microbiota (Other) / risk factors
(Other)},
cin = {C070},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40295156},
doi = {10.1111/cea.70066},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300742},
}