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Results From the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1971-1974

Arnold Engel, MD, MPH; Marie-Louise Johnson, MD, PhD; Suzanne G. Haynes, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 1988;124(1):72-79.

Abstract
The dermatologic component of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (N = 20637), conducted from 1971 through 1974, documented the deleterious effect of ultraviolet radiation on selected skin and eye conditions. Actinic skin damage was more frequent in white men with high as compared with low sunlight exposure, 36.7% vs 23.3%, respectively. Among white women, the corresponding figures were 34.1% vs 18.6%, respectively. Actinic damage was found more often in individuals with light eye color. Basal cell epitheliomas were found in 11.3% of white men aged 65 to 74 years who had severely actinic-damaged skin as compared with 1.0% of those with undamaged skin. Sunlight exposure was positively associated with localized hypomelanism, localized hypermelanism, seborrheic keratoses, senile lentigines, freckles, acne rosacea, spider nevi, varicose veins, venus star, dry skin, wrinkled skin, pterygia, arcus senilis, and a variety of minor oral lesions of the tongue, palate, and buccal mucosa. These findings suggest that a large number of dermatologic conditions, which may in part result from overexposure to sunlight, may be preventable.

(Arch Dermatol 1988;124:72-79)

Author Affiliations
From the Medical Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Md (Drs Engel and Haynes); and the Department of Medical Education, Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY (Dr Johnson). Dr Haynes is now with the Health Promotion Sciences Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 6, 1987.

Read in part before the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Chapel Hill, NC, June 20, 1985.

Reprint requests to Health Promotion Sciences Branch, National Cancer Institute, Blair Building, Room 420, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Dr Haynes).

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