NOTES

This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2007-331-C00281)

This work was supported by the research program 2012 of Kookmin University in Korea

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Table 1

General characteristics of the subjects

1) N (%)

2) Mean ± SD

SCORAD: Scoring index of atopic dermatitis

Table 2

Comparison of nutrient intakes of subjects before and after nutrition education (per 1000 kcal)

1) Mean ± SD

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001: significantly different between pre-test and post-test by paired t-test in each group

Table 3

Comparison of vegetable,fruit and fish intakes of subjects before and after nutrition education (g/1000 kcal)

1) Mean ± SD

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001: significantly different between pre-test and post-test by paired t-test

^#: p < 0.05: significantly different between control group and education group by student's t-test

Table 4

Comparison of SCORAD index of subjects before and after nutrition education

1) Mean ± SD

^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01, ^***: p < 0.001: significantly different between pre-test and post-test by paired t-test

^#: p < 0.05: significantly different between control group and education group by ANCOVA after adjusting for age and sex

SCORAD: Scoring index of atopic dermatitis

Table 5

Severity change of Atopic Dermatitis by change of nutrient intakes per 1000 kcal

1) β coefficients and 95% CI were calculated by using simple and multiple linear regression analysis

SCORAD: Scoring index of atopic dermatitis

Figure & Data

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