An Epidemiological Study Of Seborrheic Dermatoses In Malaysian And Indonesian Adolescents

Objective:To assess the prevalence of seborrhoeic dermatoses of Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents and analyze its risk factors; the relationship between seborrhoeic dermatoses and dysfunction of enteron and endocrine is also studied.Method:A questionnaire survey for the epidemiological information of seborrhoeic dermatoses was carried out in Jan. 2005~Feb. 2006. 4500 persons aged from 12 to 20 of 7 middle schools were drawn out from 60 middle schoolsin Malaysia and 1500 persons aged from 12 to 20 of 4 universities were drawn out from 43 universities in Indonesia, Surabaya by random and cluster sampling. The software SPSS 13. 0 statistically analyzes the data.Results:In Malaysian and Indonesian adolescents aged from 12 to 20, the incidence rates of seborrhea, seborrhoeic dermatitis, acne, seborrhoeic alopecia, rosacea are 46.3%, 19.4%,63.6%. 2.4%,0.9% respectively. According to the results of multiple logistic regression, the risk factors of seborrhoeic dermatoses are duration of stay, dysfunction of enteron, inheritance, life habit and androgen level. The statistical results of dysfunction of enteron are x~2=155.466 , P=0.000.