Table 1.
Demographic and clinical information of surveyed population.
| Characteristics | Overall participants (n = 1841) n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 40.7 (14.6) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 556 (30.2) |
| Female | 1285 (69.8) |
| Living area | |
| Rural | 465 (25.3) |
| Urban | 1376 (74.7) |
| Education level | |
| No education | 12 (0.7) |
| Primary/middle school | 153 (8.3) |
| Secondary/high school | 590 (32.0) |
| Undergraduate/college | 647 (35.1) |
| Postgraduate studies | 436 (23.7) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 926 (50.3) |
| Self-employed | 193 (10.5) |
| Unemployed | 90 (4.9) |
| Retired | 177 (9.6) |
| Student | 222 (12.1) |
| Homemaker | 207 (11.2) |
| Disabled | 26 (1.4) |
| Urticaria type | |
| CSU | 1164 (63.2) |
| CIndU | 331 (18.0) |
| CSU & CIndU | 342 (18.6) |
| Years with diagnosis | 3.7 (5.4) |
CIndU = chronic inducible urticaria; CSU = chronic spontaneous urticaria; SD, standard deviation