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. 2022 Mar 26;14(4):238. doi: 10.3390/toxins14040238

Table 2.

Incidence of anaphylaxis due to BVA by subgroup.

Group Incidence (%, 95% CI)
Observational Studies
(59,030 Participants)
RCTs
(703 Participants)
Total
(59,733 Participants)
No. of anaphylaxis 26 1 27
Overall incidence in all studies 0.044 (0.027–0.061) 0.142 (−0.136 to 0.421) 0.045 (0.028–0.062)
Incidence by subgroup (No. studies that presented data)
Sex (37)
 Men 0.019 (−0.019 to 0.057) 0 0.019 (−0.018 to 0.055)
 Women 0.089 (0.011–0.167) 0 0.083 (0.010–0.157)
Main complaints (39)
 G00-G99 a 1.075 (−1.021 to 3.171) 0 0.885 (−0.842 to 2.612)
 S00-T98 b 0 1.639 (−1.547 to 4.826) 1.299 (−1.230 to 3.828)
 M00-M99 c 0.043 (0.026–0.060) 0 0.043 (0.026–0.060)
 Others (obesity) 0 0 0
 No information d 0 0 0
Skin test (49)
 Yes 0.036 (0.007–0.065) 0.267 (−0.255 to 0.789) 0.041 (0.011–0.072)
 No
 No information d 0.047 (0.026–0.068) 0 0.047 (0.026–0.067)
Publication year (49)
 –1999 3.226 (−2.994 to 9.446) 0 1.099 (−1.043 to 3.241)
 2000–2009 0.049 (0.025–0.074) 0 0.049 (0.025–0.073)
 2010–2021 0.034 (0.012–0.056) 0.379 (−0.362 to 1.120) 0.037 (0.014–0.060)

a Diseases of the nervous system; b injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes; c diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue; d relevant information is not presented in the articles.