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Children With Red Hair Have More Freckles but Fewer Melanocytic Nevi: Results From a Cohort Study of 280 Three-Year-Olds
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We examined the relationships between hair color, freckling, and mole count in a cohort of 280 children aged 3 years.1 Physical examinations of the children, including assessment of eye color (visual assessment), hair color (wigmaker sample matching), and degree of freckling (visual assessment and matching with graphic representations of freckling on the face, upper back, and arms) were conducted between June 1, 2001, and August 31, 2001. Nevus count, size, and location were recorded by 1 of 3 dermatologists or 1 specially trained pediatrician using previously validated procedures.2 Sun protection habits were assessed in parent interviews and compiled into a composite sun protection scale score.3
Of 280 children, 11 (4%) had red hair and 42 (15%) had freckles (Table 1). Children with red hair had significantly fewer moles compared with other children (mean 2.1 vs 6.1; P = .001). Freckling was associated with red hair: 64% of red-haired children . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Robert P. Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH;
Kathryn R. Johnson, MD;
Eric J. Hester, MD;
Ann M. Deas, MSPH;
Stefan Mokrohisky, MD;
Joseph G. Morelli, MD;
Lori A. Crane, PhD, MPH
RELATED LETTERS
Red Hairs, Number of Nevi, and Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: Results From a Case-Control Study in Italy
Luigi Naldi, Giorgia Randi, Anna Di Landro, Carlo La Vecchia, and Oncology Study Group of the Italian Group for Epidemiologic Research in Dermatology (GISED)
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142(7):935-936.
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Red Hairs, Number of Nevi, and Risk of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: Results From a Case-Control Study in Italy—Reply
Robert P. Dellavalle and Lori A. Crane
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142(7):936.
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Red hairs, number of nevi, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: results from a case-control study in Italy.
Naldi et al.
Arch Dermatol 2006;142:935-936.
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