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Caregiver report of eczema, health status, height, weight, number of health conditions, use of health services, and sociodemographics were assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The prevalences of overweight (20.3% vs 15.4%) and obesity (16.8% vs 15.4%) were increased in adolescents with eczema compared with adolescents without eczema (Rao-Scott \u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001). A body mass index for-age-percentile (BMIP) of 50 to 94 (logistic regression, odds ratio [OR], 1.61 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.32\u20131.97]) and greater than or equal to 95 (1.46 [1.15\u20131.86]) was associated with higher odds of eczema compared with 5% to 49%. Moderate to severe eczema was higher with BMIP of 50 to 94 (41.2%; OR, 2.46 [95% CI, 1.73\u20133.51]) and greater than or equal to 95 (45.7%; 2.95 [1.73\u20133.51]) compared with 5 to 49 (22.2%). There was a significant interaction between race\/ethnicity and BMIP in multivariate regression models of eczema severity, such that BMIP remained significant in Hispanics (OR, 3.24 [95% CI, 1.56\u20136.71]), non-Hispanic whites (3.64 [1.93\u20136.84]), Asians (57.17 [4.02\u2013813.10]), Pacific Islanders\/Alaskan Natives (90,336.3 [11,963.80\u2013682,111.0]), and multiracial\/other (3.99 [1.23\u201312.98]) but not in non-Hispanic blacks (1.88 [0.91\u20133.91]) and American Indians (2.12 [0.11\u201342.33]). Obese adolescents with eczema had higher odds of having only good (OR, 2.67 [95% CI, 1.56\u20134.56]) or fair (2.60 [1.35\u20135.03]) health compared with excellent overall health, had higher number of chronic health conditions (34.6% vs 18.0% with \u22652 conditions;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2264 0.003), and used more health services than most children of the same age compared with nonobese children (31.2% vs 21.5%;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.01).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Obesity in adolescence is associated with increased eczema prevalence and severity, poorer overall health, and increased chronic health conditions and health care utilization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/der.0000000000000047","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,4]],"date-time":"2014-07-04T08:38:13Z","timestamp":1404463093000},"page":"172-181","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Association Between Obesity and Eczema Prevalence, Severity and Poorer Health in US Adolescents"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Jonathan I.","family":"Silverberg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of *Dermatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL;"},{"name":"Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL;"},{"name":"Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL;"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology, St Luke\u2019s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric L.","family":"Simpson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_1_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1081-1206(10)62852-9"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_3_1_3_2","first-page":"1","article-title":"The atopic eczema\/dermatitis syndrome","volume":"13","author":"W\u00fcthrich B","year":"2003","unstructured":"W\u00fcthrich B, , Schmid-Grendelmeier P. 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