Prevalence of childhood eczema and food sensitization in the First Nations reserve of Natuashish, Labrador, Canada

Table 3 Eczema rates (UKWP diagnostic criteria)-a comparison between Natuashish and other pediatric populations

Location	One year eczema prevalence	p value
Natuashish	16.5
Age 2-12
Australia (1999) [38]
N = 2491	10.8	0.027*
Age 4-18
Italy (2003) [39]
N = 1369	6.9	0.0001*
Age 9
London (1996) [34]
N = 877	8.5	0.002*
Age 3-11
Japan (2007) [41]
N = 3849	15.4	0.600
Elementary school students (first and sixth graders)
Lothian, Scotland (1996) [40]
Number unspecified	8.1	N/A
Age 2-11

*The Australian, Italian and London studies all had significantly lower rates than Natuashish.

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