3.5. Associations between FS and TEWL/SCH levels
We compared the levels of TEWL and SCH among 4 study groups: children
with AD and no food sensitisation (“non-sensitisers”), children
sensitised to 1–4 FAs, 5–10 FAs, and > 10 FAs. Children
with AD who were sensitised to more FAs had higher TEWL and lower SCH
levels, compared with those sensitised to fewer FAs or non-sensitisers,
regardless of non-lesional/lesional skin areas (p <
0.05) (Figure 2).