Table 1 Demographic data of acute urticaria in children from January 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2019
From: Etiological and predictive factors of pediatric urticaria in an emergency context
Variable | Total (n = 515) | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 (n = 99) | 2017 (n = 149) | 2018 (n = 149) | 2019 (n = 118) | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 283 (54.95) | 57 (57.58) | 74 (49.66) | 80 (53.69) | 72 (61.02) |
Female | 232 (45.05) | 42 (42.42) | 75 (50.34) | 69 (46.31) | 46 (38.98) |
Age (years) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 7.08 (3.17–12.08) | 6.42 (3.17–11.67) | 7.25 (3.33–12) | 6.75 (2.92–12.25) | 7.79 (2.75–12.58) |
Median (Min-max) | 7.08 (0.08–17.92) | 6.42 (0.67–17.92) | 7.25 (0.33–17.92) | 6.75 (0.08–17.83) | 7.79 (0.25–17.67) |
Mean ± SD | 7.83 ± 5.43 | 7.4 ± 5.36 | 8 ± 5.53 | 7.66 ± 5.29 | 8.18 ± 5.58 |
Age | |||||
< =1 yr | 45 (8.74) | 5 (5.05) | 14 (9.4) | 10 (6.71) | 16 (13.56) |
1-6 yr | 211 (40.97) | 50 (50.51) | 60 (40.27) | 66 (44.3) | 35 (29.66) |
7-12 yr | 145 (28.16) | 24 (24.24) | 41 (27.52) | 39 (26.17) | 41 (34.75) |
13-18 yr | 114 (22.14) | 20 (20.2) | 34 (22.82) | 34 (22.82) | 26 (22.03) |
Fever | |||||
No | 447 (86.8) | 86 (86.87) | 129 (86.58) | 133 (89.26) | 99 (83.9) |
Yes | 68 (13.2) | 13 (13.13) | 20 (13.42) | 16 (10.74) | 19 (16.1) |
Angioedema | |||||
No | 488 (94.76) | 94 (94.95) | 147 (98.66) | 140 (93.96) | 107 (90.68) |
Yes | 27 (5.24) | 5 (5.05) | 2 (1.34) | 9 (6.04) | 11 (9.32) |
U/D Allergy | |||||
No | 456 (88.54) | 88 (88.89) | 135 (90.6) | 131 (87.92) | 102 (86.44) |
AD | 34 (6.6) | 8 (8.08) | 8 (5.37) | 12 (8.05) | 6 (5.08) |
AR | 25 (4.85) | 2 (2.02) | 4 (2.68) | 7 (4.70) | 12 (10.17) |
Asthma | 5 (0.97) | 1 (1.01) | 2 (1.34) | 1 (0.67) | 1 (0.85) |
Discharge type | |||||
Discharge | 508 (98.64) | 97 (97.98) | 148 (99.33) | 148 (99.33) | 115 (97.46) |
Admission | 7 (1.36) | 2 (2.02) | 1 (0.67) | 1 (0.67) | 3 (2.54) |