1 Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2 Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
3 Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
5 Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
6 Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
7 Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: Jocelyn.biagini.myers@cchmc.org.
Early sensitization is ~50% higher in children with atopic dermatitis compared to children from a high-risk allergy cohort with comparable rates of parental atopy. AD may increase sensitization risk over heredity alone.