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Table 1 Study population baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the once-daily Urticaria Activity Score (UAS) in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria managed in clinical practice (the EVALUAS study)

 

Baseline (n = 166)

Sex, female, n (%)

109 (65.7%)

Age (years), mean (SD)

48.8 (14.3)

Body mass index, mean (SD)

26.6 (4.6)

Education, n (%):

 No formal education

5 (3.2%)

 Primary

56 (35.4%)

 Secondary

59 (37.3%)

 Higher

38 (24.1%)

Urticaria associated with CSU

65 (39.6%)

 Symptomatic Dermographism

49 (75.4%)

 Delayed pressure

19 (29.2%)

 Heat

7 (10.8%)

 Cholinergic urticaria

10 (15.4%)

Years since first appearance of symptoms, mean (SD)

2.2 (0.1-51.3)

Years since diagnosis of urticaria, mean (SD)

1.1 (0-24.2)

Nº of episodes in the prior year, median (range)

2 (0-36)

Angioedema during any episode, n (%)

77 (47.0%)

Receiving treatment for CSU, n (%)

153 (96.2%)

Patients with comorbidities associated with CSU, n (%)

85 (51.5%)

  1. SD standard deviation, CSU chronic spontaneous urticari