Systematic review of the epidemiology of acne vulgaris

A systematic review was conducted on epidemiology studies on acne obtained from a Web of Science search to study risk factors associated with acne presentation and severity. A strong association was observed between several risk factors - family history, age, BMI and skin type - and acne presentation or severity in multiple studies. The pooled odds ratio of 2.36 (95% CI 1.97-2.83) for overweight/obese BMI with reference to normal/underweight BMI and the pooled odds ratio of 2.91 (95% CI 2.58-3.28) for family history in parents with reference to no family history in parents demonstrate this strong association. In addition, a pooled odds ratio of 1.07 (95% CI 0.42-2.71) was obtained for sex (males with reference…

• MR
  Medical Research Council
• NM
  National Medical Research Council

  Award: NMRC/1150/2008
• BR
  Biomedical Research Council

  Awards: BMRC/04/1/21/19/315, BMRC/01/1/21/18/077