Table 1.

Number (percentage) of patients treated with antihistamines according to age and sex

	Acrivastine (n=7863)	Cetirizine (n=9554)	Fexofenadine (n=16 638)	Loratadine (n=9308)
Age (years):
<30	3169 (40.3)	4648 (48.6)	5979 (35.9)	4574 (49.1)
30-<60	3036 (38.6)	3353 (35.1)	6453 (38.8)	3256 (35.0)
⩾60	1060 (13.5)	819 (8.6)	2405 (14.5)	678 (7.3)
Not known	598 (7.6)	734 (7.7)	1801 (10.8)	800 (8.6)
Sex:
Men	2833 (36.0)	3945 (41.3)	6578 (39.5)	3912 (42.0)
Women	4899 (62.3)	5457 (57.1)	9880 (59.4)	5179 (55.6)
Not known	131 (1.7)	152 (1.6)	180 (1.1)	217 (2.3)