An update on the prevalence, chronicity, and severity of atopic dermatitis and the associated epidemiological risk factors in the Singapore/Malaysia Chinese young adult population: A detailed description of the Singapore/Malaysia Cross-Sectional Genetics Epidemiology Study (SMCGES) cohort

• Main Authors: Lim, Jun Jie, Lim, Eliza Yi Ying, Ng, Jun Yan, Praneeth, Malipeddi, Ng, Yu Ting, Teo, Wei Yi, Wong, Ambrose Qi Yi, Wong, Yi Ru *, Teh, Keng Foo *, Smyrna Moti, Rawanan Shah *, Kavita, Reginald *, Say, Yee How*, Chew, Fook Tim
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RL Dermatology
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3054/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100722

Background Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a highly pruritic, chronic-recurrent inflammatory skin condition associated with erythematous lesions that affect a significant proportion of the population. Although AD is a non-communicable disease, it can cause pain, unbearable itchiness, sleep disturbance, l...