Dermatology Research and Practice

Research Article

The Effect of Atopy in the Prevalence of Contact Sensitization: The Experience of a Greek Referral Center

Table 5

Frequencies of the most prevalent allergens in the population with atopic dermatitis (AT), with respect to the blue-collar (BlC) population, as well as the male and female BlC population.


AT positive (n = 692)	AT-positive blue collars (n = 174)			AT-positive blue-collar males (n = 37)			AT-positive blue-collar females (n = 137)
AT positive (n = 692)	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-positive blue collars	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-positive males	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-positive females

Nickel sulphate 5%	50	2.53	28.74	8	0.40	21.62	42	2.12	30.66
Fragrance mix (I) 8%	27	1.37	15.52	3	0.15	8.11	24	1.21	17.52
Potassium dichromate 0.5%	17	0.86	9.77	7	0.35	18.92	10	0.51	7.30
Cobalt chloride 1%	14	0.71	8.05	4	0.20	10.81	10	0.51	7.30
Balsam of Peru 25%	14	0.71	8.05	5	0.25	13.51	9	0.46	6.57
Paraphenylenediamine 1%	13	0.66	7.47	1	0.05	2.70	12	0.61	8.76
Ethylenediamine 1%	13	0.66	7.47	3	0.15	8.11	10	0.51	7.30
Thiuram mix 1%	10	0.51	5.75	5	0.25	13.51	5	0.25	3.65
Thiomersal 0.1%	7	0.35	4.02	2	0.10	5.41	5	0.25	3.65
Formaldehyde 2%	7	0.35	4.02	2	0.10	5.41	5	0.25	3.65
Budesonide 0.01%	6	0.30	3.45	1	0.05	2.70	5	0.25	3.65
5-Chloro-2-methyl-4-itz-3	4	0.20	2.30	1	0.05	2.70	3	0.15	2.19
Neomycin sulphate 20%	4	0.20	2.30	0	0.00	0.00	4	0.20	2.92
Colophony 20%	4	0.20	2.30	0	0.00	0.00	4	0.20	2.92
Benzocaine 5%	4	0.20	2.30	1	0.05	2.70	3	0.15	2.19
Paratertiary butylphenol 1%	3	0.15	1.72	0	0.00	0.00	3	0.15	2.19
Mercury 0.05%	3	0.15	1.72	1	0.05	2.70	2	0.10	1.46
Epoxy resin 1%	3	0.15	1.72	3	0.15	8.11	0	0.00	0.00
Mercapto mix 2%	2	0.10	1.15	0	0.00	0.00	2	0.10	1.46
Quaternium-15 1%	1	0.05	0.57	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.05	0.73
Paraben mix 15%	1	0.05	0.57	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.05	0.73
Quinoline mix 6%	1	0.05	0.57	0	0.00	0.00	1	0.05	0.73
Wool alcohols 30%	1	0.05	0.57	1	0.05	2.70	0	0.00	0.00
Black rubber mix 0.1%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Benzalkonium chloride 0.1%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Primin 0.01%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Phenylmercuric acetate 0.05%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Hydroquinone	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Petrolatum control 100%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
MBT 2%	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00