The Imbalance in Serum Concentration of Th-1- and Th-2-Derived Chemokines as One of the Factors Involved in Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis

Table 1

Clinical chatacteristics of AD patients.

Clinical feature	Group 1; 𝑛=23	Group 2; 𝑛=17
Sex	11 F, 12 M	11F, 6 M
Age (yr)	7.1	17.1
Disease onset	Before 6 month 𝑛=10	Before 6 month 𝑛=5
	6 month-2 yr 𝑛=11	6 month-2 yr 𝑛=10
	Over 3 yr 𝑛=2	Over 3 yr 𝑛=2
Dry skin	Yes 𝑛=20	Yes 𝑛=17
	No 𝑛=3	No 𝑛=0
Keratosis pilaris	Yes 𝑛=15	Yes 𝑛=8
	No 𝑛=8	No 𝑛=9
Hand and foot dermatitis	Yes 𝑛=4	Yes 𝑛=2
	No 𝑛=19	No 𝑛=15
Ichtyosis	Yes 𝑛=0	Yes 𝑛=0
	No 𝑛=23	No 𝑛=17
Nipple eczema	Yes 𝑛=0	Yes 𝑛=0
	No 𝑛=23	No 𝑛=17
Cheilitis	Yes 𝑛=12	Yes 𝑛=11
	No 𝑛=11	No 𝑛=6
Recurrent conjunctivitis	Yes 𝑛=12	Yes 𝑛=11
	No 𝑛=11	No 𝑛=6
Denni-Morgan infraorbital fold	Yes 𝑛=19	Yes 𝑛=13
	No 𝑛=4	No 𝑛=4
Orbital darkening	Yes 𝑛=16	Yes 𝑛=16
	No 𝑛=7	No 𝑛=1
Pityriasis alba	Yes 𝑛=4	Yes 𝑛=6
	No 𝑛=19	No 𝑛=11
Anterior Neck folds	Yes 𝑛=3	Yes 𝑛=3
	No 𝑛=20	No 𝑛=14
White dermographism	Yes 𝑛=9	Yes 𝑛=2
	No 𝑛=14	No 𝑛=15
Palmar hyperlinearity	Yes 𝑛=3	Yes 𝑛=9
	No 𝑛=20	No 𝑛=8
Itch when sweating	Yes 𝑛=17	Yes 𝑛=10
	No 𝑛=6	No 𝑛=7
Intolerance to wool	Yes 𝑛=22	Yes 𝑛=15
	No 𝑛=1	No 𝑛=2
Course influence by environment al and emotional factors	Yes 𝑛=16	Yes 𝑛=9
	No 𝑛=7	No 𝑛=8
Family history of atopy	Yes 𝑛=15	Yes 𝑛=11
	No 𝑛=8	No 𝑛=6
Clinical remission	Yes 𝑛=11	Yes 𝑛=13
	No 𝑛=12	No 𝑛=14
Mean IgE concentration (IU/mL)	173.46	257.27
% eosinophilia	4.3	3.7