Analysis of Circulating Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Soluble Receptors in Patients with Different Forms of Chronic Urticaria

Table 1

Clinical characteristic of chronic urticaria patients.

Parameters	CSU/ASST(−)	CSU/ASST(+)	CSU/ASST(+)/Hashimoto	DPU
	40	26	13	12
Sex (F/M)	28/12	18/8	13/0	5/7
Age	38	37	36	40
(Range; years)	(32–45)	(27–45)	(28–42)	(37–45)
Disease duration	11.5	10	10	21
(Range; months)	(3–48)	(6–35)	(4–25)	(8–52)
Concomitant angioedema	4	4	2	—

: number of patients; CSU: chronic spontaneous urticaria; DPU: delayed pressure urticaria; ASST: autologous serum skin test; data are presented as median and range.