Study indicates risk for acne may be linked with X chromosome.
(3/27, Wilkinson) reported that, according to a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, "the risk for acne may be linked with the X chromosome." For the study, researchers from the Dessau Medical Center in Germany examined "risk factors for acne vulgaris among 1,002 Iranian pupils in Tehran, of whom 499 were boys and 503 were girls. The mean age of participants in the cross-sectional study was 16 years." The team found that the "risk for suffering moderate-to-severe acne increased with the number of affected immediate members of the family." Notably, "the mother's acne history was more important in determining its severity than the father's," with both being "more influential in determining acne severity than brothers or sisters." The authors also found that "moderate-to-severe acne was...associated with the premenstrual phase, mental stress, and eating sweet and oily foods, but not with gender, spicy foods, or smoking overall."
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