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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Aug 14;8(2):793–795.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.08.004

Table 2.

Survey Characteristics1, by functional basophil type

Survey Characteristic Basopenic
(n=33)		 Responder
(n=71)		 Non-Responder
(n=55)		 p-value2, 3
Total SkinDex-29 Score,
 Mean (SE) 76.1 (4.8) 65.2 (3.0) 66.4 (3.3) 0.13
SkinDex-29 Symptom Components,
 Mean (SE) 19.3 (1.0) 17.1 (0.7) 17.0 (0.8) 0.14
SkinDex-29 Functional Components,
 Mean (SE) 28.2 (2.1) 23.9 (1.2) 25.3 (1.3) 0.17
SkinDex-29 Emotional Components, 0.024
 Mean (SE) 29.6 (10.8) 24.1 (10.0) 24.0 (9.0) *0.041
**0.036
***1.0
Years of Urticaria since first episode, n(%) 0.044
 6 months to 2 years
 Between 2 to 4 years
 4 or more years		 16 (48.5)
3 (9.1)
14 (42.4)		 17 (23.9)
13 (18.3)
41 (57.8)		 26 (47.3)
7 (12.7)
22 (40.0)		 *0.91
**0.012
***0.0062
Steroid Tapers in Past Year, n (%) 0.012
 0 8 (24.2) 37 (52.9) 18 (34.0) *0.34
 1 or more 25 (75.8) 33 (47.1) 35 (66.0) **0.0063
***0.047
Steroid Tapers in Lifetime, n (%) 4 (12.5) 16 (23.5) 12 (21.8)
 0
 1 or more		 28 (87.5) 52 (76.5) 43 (78.2) 0.45
Average score for number/size of current hives, <0.001
Mean (SE) 1.52 (0.23) 0.75 (0.11) 0.65 (0.12) *0.001
**0.002
***1.0
Average score for number/size of hives durina flares,
Mean (SE)		 2.91 (0.19) 2.55 (0.15) 2.72 (0.15) 0.32
Current itch, 0.002
 Mean (SD) 3.33 (0.54) 2.23 (0.32) 1.30 (0.27) *0.001
**0.12
***0.14
Itch during flare, 0.035
 Mean (SD) 9.50 (0.22) 8.48 (0.27) 9.13 (0.26) *1.0
**0.050
***0.21
Wheal locations during flare,
 Mean (SD) 4.85 (0.29) 4.39 (0.20) 4.48 (0.23) 0.44
Wheal duration during flare, n (%)
 Less than 1 hour 1 (3.0) 8 (11.4) 4 (7.4) 0.32
 1–24 hours 23 (69.7) 34 (48.6) 28 (51.9)
 Longer than 24 hours 9 (27.3) 28 (40.0) 22 (40.7)
1

Assessed for patients with available data (missing not shown).

2

Overall p-value comparing the three groups is the first value displayed.

3

Bolded data indicate values used for sub-comparisons between pairs of groups.

*

indicates p-value for basopenics vs. non-responders in sub-comparisons.

**

indicates p-value for basopenics vs. responders in sub-comparisons.

***

indicates p-value for responders vs. non-responders in sub-comparisons.