Table 2. Distribution of the patients according to causal hypotheses for urti- caria-angiodema.
Cause | n = 125 (100%) |
---|---|
Not ascertained* | 78 (62.4) |
Infection† | 16 (12.8) |
Inhalant | 8 (6.7) |
Medication | 5 (4.0) |
Cholinergic | 4 (3.2) |
Local pressure | 4 (3.2) |
Intestinal parasitosis | 4 (3.2) |
Thyropathy | 3 (2.4) |
Food‡ | 1 (0.8) |
Cold | 1 (0.8) |
Urticarial vasculitis | 1 (0.8) |
p = 0.02;
p = 0.001;
p = 0.009.