Hormonal and dietary factors in acne vulgaris versus controls

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Table 1. Hormonal and dietary factors in acne patients vs controls.

	Patients (n = 453)	Controls (n = 250)	Chi^Citation2 (1df)	P value
Vitamin D deficiency	192 (42.4%)	61 (24.4%)	22.62	P<0.0005*
Vegan diet	8 (1.7%)	9 (3.6%)	2.3	P = 0.1297
Increased BMI	128 (28.2%)	67 (26.8%)	0.17	P = 0.6798
Positive tissue transglutaminase antibody	32 (7.0%)	5 (2.0%)	8.29	P = 0.0040*

Lim SK, Ha JM, Lee YH, Lee Y, Seo YJ, Kim CD, Lee JH, Im M. Comparison of vitamin D levels in patients with and without acne; A case-control study combined with a randomised controlled trial. Plos One. 2016;11(8):e0161162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161162. PMID:27560161.

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