Table 1.

Characteristics of chronic urticaria (CU) group and control group

Characteristics	Patients with CU (N = 100)	Controls (N = 100)	Value of p
Age [year]	37.64 ±16.04	37.55 ±16.26	0.943
Gender (male/female)	58/42	58/42	1.000
Place of residence (rural/city)	44/56	39/61	0.840
Education duration [year]	6.8 ±1.2	7.1 ±0.3	0.950
BMI [kg/m2]	70.2 ±12.2	69.7 ±11.3	0.850
CU disease duration [month]	15.34 ±10.73	–	–

BMI – body mass index.