1. Clinical severity of atopic dermatitis is associated with dental caries risk in 3-year old children
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Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Bindu Karunakaran, Kok Hian Tan, Bee Wah Lee, Tosha Ashish Kalhan, Hugo Van Bever, Chin-Ying Hsu, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Keith M. Godfrey, Y.S. Chong, Seang Saw, Anne Goh, Carolina Un Lam, and Michael S. Kramer
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Referral ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Atopic dermatitis ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,Relative risk ,Cohort ,medicine ,SCORAD ,business ,Early childhood caries - Abstract
Background: Infants with atopic dermatitis (AD) are reported to be at higher risk of early childhood caries (ECC) at 3-years, but the clinical validity of the reported link remains unknown. We investigated if clinical severity of AD in young children is associated with increased ECC risk at 3-years. Methods: In Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) mother-offspring cohort, AD was diagnosed by trained physicians using Hanifin and Rajka criteria at 18-month and 3-year clinic visits (n=837). Of the children diagnosed with AD, disease severity was assessed using SCORAD (SCORing Atopic Dermatitis) index and categorized into moderate-to-severe AD (SCORAD≥25), and mild AD (SCORAD
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- 2020
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