Skin disease and thyroid autoimmunity in atopic South Italian children

Table 1 Differences between clinical characteristics in children with skin disease divided into atopics and non-atopics

	Atopics (n = 212)	Non-atopics (n = 112)	Statistical analysis
Age in years (mean ± SD)	6.3 ± 4.18	5.55 ± 3.67	P = 0.1
Sex (male %)	111/212 (52.8%)	48/112 (42.8%)	P = 0.26
Family history of atopy (%)	188/212 (88.67%)	93/112 (83.03%)	P = 0.91
Family history of thyroid diseases (%)	93/212 (43.86%)	43/112 (38.39%)	P = 0.6

Table 2 Thyroid autoimmunity in children with skin disease divided into atopics and non-atopics

	Thyroid autoimmunity (%)	Atopics (%)	Non-atopics (%)	Statistical analysis
All skin diseases	9.6	29/212 (13.67)	3/112 (2.67)	P = 0.0016 OR = 5.76 (1.71-19.35)
Atopic dermatitis	8.02	13/113 (11.5)	2/74 (2.7)	P = 0.03 OR = 4.68 (1.02-21.38)
Alopecia areata	100	2/2	0	NA
Chronic urticaria	17.5	7/26 (26.9)	0/14	P = 0.0326
Acute urticaria	8.42	7/71 (9.85)	1/24 (4.1)	P = 0.38