Self-reported pigmentary phenotypes and race are significant but incomplete predictors of Fitzpatrick skin phototype in an ethnically diverse population

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 731-737

  He, Steven Y ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Boscardin, W John ^a,b   Chren, Mary Margaret ^a   Linos, Eleni ^a   Arron, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye color; Fitzpatrick skin phototype; Fitzpatrick skin type; Hair color; Pigmentary phenotype; Predictor; Race; Skin cancer risk; Skin color; Sunburn risk; Suntan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FITZPATRICK SKIN PHOTOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FITZPATRICK SKIN TYPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTARY PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN CANCER RISK; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNBURN RISK; SUNTAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EYE COLOR; FITZPATRICK SKIN PHOTOTYPE; FITZPATRICK SKIN TYPE; HAIR COLOR; PIGMENTARY PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR; RACE; SKIN CANCER RISK; SKIN COLOR; SUNBURN RISK; SUNTAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910116236     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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