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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Dec 1;7(4):1253–1260.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.11.023

Table 1.

Prevalence of reported hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) by patient demographic characteristics and by HSR phenotype among a total of 2,734,506 patients; 377,474 patients reported 580,456 HSRs*

Total
(n= 2,734,506)
n (%)a
Sexb,c
n (%)a
Racial/ethnic groupd
n (%)a
Female
(n=1,511,555)
Male
(n=1,222,649)
Whitee
(n=1,814,521)
Blackf
(n=156,892)
Hispanicg
(n=171,071)
Asianh
(n=94,332)
Otheri
(n=47,028)
Patients with HSRs 377,474 (13.8) 265,539 (17.6) 111,915 (9.2) 292,564 (16.1) 14,230 (9.1) 13,828 (8.1) 8,075 (8.6) 4,178 (8.9)
 
Immediate HSR Phenotypes 215,643 (7.9) 154,536 (10.2) 61,093 (5.0) 165,619 (9.1) 9,245 (5.9) 7,577 (4.4) 4,053 (4.3) 2,272 (4.8)
 Itching 37,562 (1.4) 28,395 (1.9) 9,162 (0.7) 28,164 (1.6) 2,443 (1.6) 1,793 (1.0) 781 (0.8) 461 (1.0)
 Hives 118,828 (4.3) 85,984 (5.7) 32,834 (2.7) 91,446 (5.0) 4,009 (2.6) 3,476 (2.0) 2,083 (2.2) 1,160 (2.5)
 Respiratory reactions 23,204 (0.8) 17,249 (1.1) 5,954 (0.5) 18,245 (1.0) 1,047 (0.7) 909 (0.5) 438 (0.5) 239 (0.5)
 Angioedema 36,217 (1.3) 26,043 (1.7) 10,173 (0.8) 27,583 (1.5) 2,131 (1.4) 1,638 (1.0) 747 (0.8) 438 (0.9)
 Anaphylaxis 29,486 (1.1) 20,620 (1.4) 8,865 (0.7) 23,779 (1.3) 995 (0.6) 910 (0.5) 423 (0.4) 307 (0.7)
 
Delayed HSR Phenotypes 211,761 (7.7) 149,013 (9.9) 62,727 (5.1) 163,237 (9.0) 6,578 (4.2) 7,896 (4.6) 4,845 (5.1) 2,357 (5.0)
 Rash 210,162 (7.7) 148,090 (9.8) 62,050 (5.1) 162,033 (8.9) 6,500 (4.1) 7,853 (4.6) 4,784 (5.1) 2,341 (5.0)
 Fixed drug eruption 78 (0.003) 36 (0.002) 42 (0.003) 51 (0.003) 6 (0.004) 3 (0.002) 7 (0.007) 1 (0.002)
 Erythema nodosum 77 (0.003) 72 (0.005) 5 (0.0) 60 (0.003) 2 (0.001) 2 (0.001) 2 (0.002) 0
 Serum sickness 497 (0.02) 345 (0.02) 152 (0.01) 401 (0.02) 9 (0.01) 10 (0.01) 6 (0.01) 4 (0.01)
 Pneumonitis 96 (0.004) 65 (0.004) 31 (0.003) 86 (0.005) 0 0 2 (0.002) 1 (0.002)
 AIN 381 (0.01) 177 (0.01) 204 (0.02) 295 (0.02) 34 (0.02) 11 (0.01) 9 (0.01) 7 (0.01)
 SCAR 1,122 (0.04) 674 (0.04) 448 (0.04) 824 (0.05) 57 (0.04) 37 (0.02) 50 (0.05) 15 (0.03)
 
Both Immediate and Delayed HSR Phenotypes 49,930 (1.8) 38,772 (2.5) 11,158 (0.9) 40,193 (2.2) 1,764 (1.1) 1,821 (1.1) 911 (1.0) 499 (1.1)

AIN = acute interstitial nephritis; PEAR = Partners Enterprise-wide Allergy Repository; SCAR = severe cutaneous adverse reaction

*

Percentage is prevalence of HSR among the entire population in PEAR; columns may add up to greater than 100% as patients may have had multiple HSR by HSR group

a

Denominator used is patients in PEAR that are part of group (i.e., by column)

b

Sex information for patients with an HSR was missing for 302 patients

c

All HSRs comparing females and males were significantly (p<0.05) more prevalent among females than males, except for AIN, which was significantly more prevalent (p<0.05) among males than females, and fixed drug eruption (p>0.05)

d

Race information for patients with an HSR was missing (e.g., unknown, refused) for 44,599 patients

e

White patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of all HSRs, compared to the rest of the PEAR population

f

Black patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of itching, compared to the rest of the PEAR population; Black patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of HSRs; immediate HSRs, hives, respiratory reactions, anaphylaxis; delayed HSRs, rash, serum sickness, SCAR; and both immediate and delayed HSRs, compared to the rest of the PEAR population

g

Hispanic patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of HSRs; immediate HSRs, itching, hives, respiratory reactions, angioedema, anaphylaxis; delayed HSRs, rash, serum sickness, AIN, SCAR; and both immediate and delayed HSRs, compared to the rest of the PEAR population

h

Asian patients had a significantly (p<0.05) higher prevalence of fixed drug eruption, compared to the rest of the PEAR population; Asian patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of HSRs; immediate HSRs, itching, hives, respiratory reactions, angioedema, anaphylaxis; delayed HSRs, rash, serum sickness, SCAR; and both immediate and delayed HSRs, compared to the rest of the PEAR population

I

Other patients had a significantly (p<0.05) lower prevalence of HSRs; immediate HSRs, itching, hives, respiratory reactions, angioedema, anaphylaxis; delayed HSRs, rash; and both immediate and delayed HSRs, compared to the rest of the PEAR population