Table 1.
Clinical features of the 27 patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE)
| Clinical features | HAE-1/2 (n = 19) |
HAE-nC1-INH (n = 8) |
p-value | Total (n = 27) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females(%) | 14 (73.68%) | 4 (50%) | 0.375 | 18 (66.67%) |
| At first event(years), mean ± SD | 19.79 ± 8.88 | 39.95 ± 14.41 | 0.034* | 25.76 ± 14.09 |
| At diagnosis(years), mean ± SD | 32.14 ± 14.01 | 46.08 ± 15.68 | 0.789 | 36.27 ± 15.62 |
| Delay in diagnosis(years), median(IQR) | 12 (1,22) | 1.75 (0.90,1.83) | 0.333 | 8 (1,19) |
| Family history of HAE(%) | 14 (73.68%) | 1(12.5%) | 0.008* | 15 (55.56%) |
| Genomic variant | ||||
| SERPING1 | 12 | 0 | / | 12 |
| FXII | 0 | 1 | / | 1 |
| KNG1 | 0 | 2 | / | 2 |
| MYOF | 1 | 4 | / | 5 |
| HS3ST6 | 0 | 1 | / | 1 |
| Not checked | 7 | 0 | / | 7 |
| Clinical manifestations | ||||
| Skin/extremities/trunk | 19 | 8 | / | 27 |
| Gastrointestinal tract | 11 | 3 | 0.420 | 14 |
| Laryngeal | 12 | 3 | 0.398 | 15 |
| Persistent swelling | 0 | 3 | 0.019* | 3 |
| Prodromal symptoms | ||||
| Erythema or erythema marginatum | 5 | 1 | 0.633 | 6 |
| Tiredness and fatigue | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 |
| Trigger factors | ||||
| Trauma/compression | 7 | 0 | 0.062 | 7 |
| Stress/emotional factors | 6 | 3 | 1.000 | 9 |
| Infection | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 |
| Cold weather | 3 | 0 | 0.532 | 3 |
| Around menstruation/Oral contraceptive | 4 | 0 | 0.285 | 4 |
| Exposure to specific foods or chemicals (i.e. persimmons, seafood, alcohol) | 3 | 1 | 1.000 | 4 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Allergic diseases | 5 | 6 | 0.033* | 11 |
| Autoimmune diseases | 5 | 2 | 1.000 | 7 |
| Simultaneous attacks of edema and pruritic rashes (i.e. urticaria) | 1 | 3 | 0.081 | 4 |
*For the categorical variables, the p-vaule was obtained from chi-square test, with Fisher’s exact test applied when expected frequencies in any cell were less than five. For continuous variables, the p-vaule was obtained from independent samples t-tests for normally distributed data or the Mann-Whitney U test for non-normally distributed data