Hematologic Features of Children and Adolescent Patients with Acute Hypersensitivity Reactions on Drugs and Food

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients. The data are presented as group fraction (%) and the absolute values (in parentheses). The 95% confidence limits for the sampled values are given in brackets.

	Group of patients		Statistics^a
	FH group	DH group
Number of patients	59	72
Boys	37	33	χ ^2 = 3.71,
Girls	22	39
Age (years)	8.31 [7.34; 9.27]	8.18 [7.17; 9.18]	t = 0.18,
			W = 2038.5,
Age (month)	106.0 [94.27; 117.7]	103.2 [91.1; 115.2]	t = 0.33,
			W = 2015.0,
Prescribed therapy
Glucocorticosteroids dose (mg/kg per day)	2.18 [1.90; 2.46]	2.57 [1.95; 3.19]	t = –1.16;
			W = 1686;
Clinical syndromes
Urticaria only	37.3% (22/59)	30.6% (22/72)	Z = 0.63,
Urticaria + Quincke’s edema	40.7% (24/59)	23.6% (17/72)	Z = 1.9,
Quincke’s edema only	3.4% (2/59)	0.0% (0/72)
Other skin rashes only	13.6% (8/59)	20.8% (15/72)	Z = 0.86,
Other skin rashes + Quincke’s edema	5.1% (3/59)	18.1% (13/72)	Z = 1.99,
Anaphylaxis	0.0% (0/59)	6.9% (5/72)
Urticaria BceΓo	78.0% (46/59)	54.2% (39/72)	Z = 2.7,
Other skin rashes BceΓo	18.6% (11/59)	38.9% (28/72)	Z = 2.33,

^aStatistical criteria: t: Student’s t-test; KWT: Kruskal-Wallis Test; χ²: Pearson’s chi-square with Yates correction.