Table III.

Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics of IgG-anti-TPO (+) and IgG-anti-TPO (−) CSU patients.

	IgG-anti-TPO (+) CSU n=14	IgG-anti-TPO (−) CSU n=45	p
Age (years)*	46.5(23–67)	40(18–65)	0.075
Female, %	85.7	73.3	0.48
Duration of disease, months*	24(2–36)	16(2–240)	0.58
UAS-7*	17.5(10–32)	18(8–32)	0.63
Total serum IgE IU/ml*	123.3(12.5–385)	78.6(2–1175)	0.91
IgE-anti-TPO Abs*	0.22(0.07–0.92)	0.15(0.06–1.21)	0.28
IgE-anti-TPO U/ml*	2.22(0.72–9.23)	1.5(0.65–12.1)	0.31

CSU, chronic spontaneous urticaria; UAS-7, urticarial activity score for 7 consecutive days, TPO, thyroid peroxidase; Abs, Absorbance;

^*Data are expressed as median (min–max).