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

Table 6

Frequencies of the most prevalent allergens in the population without atopic dermatitis (AT), with respect to the white-collar (WhC) population, as well as the male and female WhC population.

AT negative (n = 1294)	AT-negative white collars (n = 843)			AT-negative white-collar males (n = 319)			AT-negative white-collar females (n = 524)
	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-negative white collars	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-negative males	Absolute frequency	f(%) total population	f(%) AT-negative females
Nickel sulphate 5%	211	10.67	25.03	36	1.82	11.29	175	8.85	33.40
Fragrance mix (I) 8%	128	6.47	15.18	45	2.28	14.11	83	4.20	15.84
Cobalt chloride 1%	66	3.34	7.83	19	0.96	5.96	47	2.38	8.97
Balsam of Peru 25%	94	4.75	11.15	43	2.17	13.48	51	2.58	9.73
Thiomersal 0.1%	60	3.03	7.12	22	1.11	6.90	38	1.92	7.25
Paraphenylenediamine 1%	34	1.72	4.03	4	0.20	1.25	30	1.52	5.73
Potassium dichromate 0.5%	41	2.07	4.86	20	1.01	6.27	21	1.06	4.01
Ethylenediamine 1%	45	2.28	5.34	25	1.26	7.84	20	1.01	3.82
5-Chloro-2-methyl-4-itz-3	29	1.47	3.44	7	0.35	2.19	22	1.11	4.20
Neomycin sulphate 20%	28	1.42	3.32	5	0.25	1.57	23	1.16	4.39
Formaldehyde 2%	30	1.52	3.56	12	0.61	3.76	18	0.91	3.44
Budesonide 0.01%	27	1.37	3.20	13	0.66	4.08	14	0.71	2.67
Thiuram mix 1%	15	0.76	1.78	6	0.30	1.88	9	0.46	1.72
Wool alcohols 30%	19	0.96	2.25	9	0.46	2.82	10	0.51	1.91
Black rubber mix 0.1%	14	0.71	1.66	3	0.15	0.94	11	0.56	2.10
Colophony 20%	19	0.96	2.25	11	0.56	3.45	8	0.40	1.53
Benzocaine 5%	7	0.35	0.83	1	0.05	0.31	6	0.30	1.15
Paratertiary butylphenol 1%	14	0.71	1.66	5	0.25	1.57	9	0.46	1.72
Paraben mix 15%	11	0.56	1.30	4	0.20	1.25	7	0.35	1.34
Mercapto mix 2%	5	0.25	0.59	0	0.00	0.00	5	0.25	0.95
Quaternium-15 1%	8	0.40	0.95	2	0.10	0.63	6	0.30	1.15
Mercury 0.05%	6	0.30	0.71	2	0.10	0.63	4	0.20	0.76
Epoxy resin 1%	3	0.15	0.36	1	0.05	0.31	2	0.10	0.38
Primin 0.01%	7	0.35	0.83	3	0.15	0.94	4	0.20	0.76
Quinoline mix 6%	4	0.20	0.47	1	0.05	0.31	3	0.15	0.57
Benzalkonium chloride 0.1%	3	0.15	0.36	1	0.05	0.31	2	0.10	0.38
MBT 2%	4	0.20	0.47	2	0.10	0.63	2	0.10	0.38
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