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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Milk consumption and acne in teenaged boys
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Volume 58, No. 5, Year 2008
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Objective: We sought to examine the association between dietary dairy intake and teenaged acne among boys. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study. We studied 4273 boys, members of a prospective cohort study of youths and of lifestyle factors, who reported dietary intake on up to 3 food frequency questionnaires from 1996 to 1998 and teenaged acne in 1999. We computed multivariate prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals for acne. Results: After adjusting for age at baseline, height, and energy intake, the multivariate prevalence ratios (95% confidence interval; P value for test of trend) for acne comparing highest (>2 servings/d) with lowest (<1/wk) intake categories in 1996 were 1.16 (1.01, 1.34; 0.77) for total milk, 1.10 (0.94, 1.28; 0.83) for whole/2% milk, 1.17 (0.99, 1.39; 0.08) for low-fat (1%) milk, and 1.19 (1.01, 1.40; 0.02) for skim milk. Limitations: Not all members of the cohort responded to the questionnaire. Acne assessment was by self-report and boys whose symptoms might have been part of an underlying disorder were not excluded. We did not adjust for steroid use and other lifestyle factors that may affect occurrence of acne. Conclusion: We found a positive association between intake of skim milk and acne. This finding suggests that skim milk contains hormonal constituents, or factors that influence endogenous hormones, in sufficient quantities to have biological effects in consumers. © 2008 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Adebamowo, Clement
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Nigeria, Ibadan
University of Ibadan
Spiegelman, Donna L.
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Berkey, Catherine S.
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Danby, Frederick William
United States, Hanover
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Rockett, Helaine R.H.
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Colditz, Graham A.
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Willett, Walter Churchill
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Holmes, Michelle D.
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 269
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jaad.2007.08.049
ISSN:
01909622
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male