Table 1.
Demographic charcteristics and laboratory data of the children with urticaria
| Demographic properties (N=230) | |
|---|---|
| Sex (%) | |
| Female/Male | 112/118 |
| Age (years) | |
| Median (25–75 p.) | 7 (4–13) |
| Type of urticaria | |
| Acute | 138 (60%) |
| Chronic | 92 (40%) |
| Chronic spontaneous urticaria | 64 (27.8%) |
| Chronic autoimmune urticaria | 7/15 (46.6%) |
| Physical urticaria | 19 (8.3%) |
| Urticaria factitia | 11 (4.8%) |
| Cholinergic | 6 (2.6%) |
| Other | |
| Cold urticaria | 2 (0.9%) |
| Familial history of atopy (%) | 43 (18.7%) |
| Asthma | 11 (4.8%) |
| Allergic rhinitis | 21 (9.1%) |
| Association of asthma and allergic Rhinitis | 4 (1.7%) |
| Drug allergy | 5 (2.1%) |
| Urticaria | 2 (0.9%) |
| Personal history of atopy (%) | 57 (24.8%) |
| Asthma | 31(13.5%) |
| Allergic rhinitis | 15 (6.5%) |
| Drug allergy | 3 (1.3%) |
| Other | 8 (0.8%) |
| Triggering factors (%) | |
| Acute infection | 86 (37.4%) |
| Food | 26 (11.3%) |
| Drug | 34 (14.8%) |
| Parasite | 14 (6%) |
| Unknown | 70 (30.5%) |
| 7-Day Urticaria activity score (UAS7) | |
| Median (25th–75th percentile) | 30 (21–42) |
| Treatment | |
| H1-AH | 173 (75.2%) |
| High-dose H1-AH | 53 (23%) |
| Anti-IgE | 4 (1.7%) |
| Laboratory | |
| Eosinophil count/μL | |
| Median (25th–75th percentile) | 170 (80–320) |
| Basophil number/μL | |
| Median (25th–75th percentile) | 20 (20–40) |
| Serum total IgE (IU/mL) | |
| Median (25th–75th percentile) | 71 (22–167) |
H1-AH: H1 antihistamines