Clinical Characterization of Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria according to Anti-TPO IgE Levels

Table 1

General characteristics. The general characteristics are presented in the 100 patients and in their two groups according to the presence or none of anti-TPO IgE. The “” value was for the comparison between anti-TPO IgE groups ((+) anti-TPO IgE column and (-) anti-TPO IgE column). Atopy to mites and/or pets. DLQI: Dermatology Life Quality Index; UAS: Urticaria Activity Score; N/A: not applicable. ± standard deviation. Ns: not significant.

Variables	(+) anti-TPO IgE; ()	(-) anti-TPO IgE; ()
Age	30 (16 to 48)	29 (16 to 50)	Ns
Age at onset (y)	20 (6 to 48)	23 (6 to 48)	Ns
Sex: female, (%)	28 (65.1%)	35 (61.4%)	Ns
Total IgE (IU/ml)			0.04
Atopy, (%)	25 (58.1%)	13 (22.8%)	0.04
Asthma, (%)	8 (18.6%)	4 (7%)	0.05
Rhinitis, (%)	19 (44.1%)	21 (36.8%)	Ns
Autoimmune diseases	9 (20.9%)	9 (15.7%)	Ns
DLQI score,			Ns
UAS score,			Ns