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. 2016 Mar 29;31(5):790–794. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.5.790

Table 2. Clinical and demographic features of RLS (+) patients and RLS (-) patients in the urticaria group.

Characteristics RLS (+)
n (%)
 RLS (-)
n (%)
P value
Age (Mean ± SD) 45.36 ± 15.12 36.46 ± 13.22 0.032
 Limits  21-70  18-70
Gender Male 5 (17.8%) 40 (35.7%) 0.463
Female 23 (82.2%) 72 (64.3%)
Obese 7 (25.0%) 12 (10.7%) 0.493
Atopy 5 (17.8%) 21(18.7%) 0.948
Use of antihistaminic drugs (+) 16 (57.1%) 48 (42.8%) 0.422
Family history of urticaria (+) 8 (28.5%) 28 (25.0%) 0.898
Poor sleep quality (+) 21 (75.0%) 69 (61.6%) 0.697
UAS (Mean ± SD) 3.24 ± 1.52 2.83 ± 1.32 0.432
 limits 1-6 1-6
VAS (Mean ± SD) 7.95 ± 2.75 6.77 ± 3.08 0.135
 limits 1-10  0-10
Disease duration, months (Mean ± SD) 82.75 ± 28.13 62.54 ± 10.84 0.524
 limits  2-480  2-360
BMI (Mean ± SD) 27.32 ± 1.23 25.84 ± 0.72 0.998
 Limits 19.05-40.83 17.01-36.57

RLS, restless legs syndrome; UAS, urticaria activity score; VAS, visual analog scale for severity of itch; BMI, body mass index.