Table 3.
Main features of patients with CIndUs ≥65 years (n = 26) and <65 years of age (n = 425).
| Patients ≥ 65 Years-Old (n = 26) |
Patients < 65 Years-Old (n = 425) |
p < 0.05 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Males (M) | M 6 (23.08) | M 194 (45.65) | ns |
| Females (F) | F 20 (76.92) | F 231 (54.35) | ns |
| Mean age ± DS (years) | 71.26 ± 2.61 | 46.6 ± 8.61 | - |
| Mean duration of the disease (years) | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 2.11 | ns |
| Physical Urticarias | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Symptomatic dermographism | 17 (65.38) | 241 (56.71) | ns |
| Cold urticaria | 6 (23.08) | 52 (12.24) | ns |
| Heat urticaria | 2 (7.69) | 15 (3.53) | ns |
| Delayed pressure urticaria | - | 12 (2.82) | - |
| Vibratory angioedema | - | 3 (0.71) | - |
| Solar urticaria | - | 13 (3.06) | - |
| Symptomatic dermographysm + cold urticaria | - | 37 (8.71) | - |
| Symptomatic dermogrtaphyism + heat urticaria | - | 4 (0.94) | - |
| Non-Physical Urticaria | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Aquagenic urticaria | 1/26 (3.85) | 16 (3.76) | ns |
| Cholinergic urticaria | - | 21 (4.94) | - |
| Contact urticaria | - | 11 (2.59) | - |