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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of H1RA responders and H1RA non-responders among CSU patients

From: Increased platelet activating factor levels in chronic spontaneous urticaria predicts refractoriness to antihistamine treatment: an observational study

Characteristics

H1RA responders (n = 169)

H1RA non-responders (n = 113)

p value

Age (years)

42.3 ± 12.0

42.6 ± 11.4

0.665

Female n (%)

111 (65.7)

73 (64.6)

0.852

BMI (Kg/m2)

23.4 ± 4.1

23.6 ± 3.6

0.577

Urticaria duration (months)

28.8 ± 56.8

22.1 ± 43.0

0.289

UAS7 (0–42)

24.4 ± 10.3

28.8 ± 9.3

< 0.001

Log[Total IgE (kU/L)]

2.07 ± 0.5

2.13 ± 0.5

0.414

ECP (kU/L)

20.8 ± 16.5

23.1 ± 22.4

0.956

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

194.8 ± 37.1

195.5 ± 36.3

0.985

Triglycerides (ng/dL)

148.7 ± 108.3

153.5 ± 84.8

0.288

LDL (mg/dL)

113.0 ± 37.8

110.7 ± 31.2

0.909

HDL (mg/dL)

56.1 ± 14.8

55.5 ± 15.3

0.862

Platelet (*1000/μL)

262.8 ± 56.7

263.0 ± 56.3

0.654

Mean platelet volume

8.0 ± 0.8

8.0 ± 0.7

0.544

Complement 3 (mg/dL)

108.6 ± 17.6

112.2 ± 24.7

0.525

Complement 4 (mg/dL)

26.3 ± 7.4

27.0 ± 8.6

0.481

H1RA dosea (mg/day)

21.0 ± 9.4

30.8 ± 13.3

< 0.001

Steroid use (%)

88 (52.1)

106 (93.8)

< 0.001

Cyclosporine use (%)

0

35 (31.0)

< 0.001

Omalizumab use (%)

0

38 (33.6)

< 0.001

PAF (pg/ml)

3804.6 [17.0–11716.4]

5426.4 [53.2–14768.3]

< 0.001

PAF-AH (ng/ml)

104.2 [2.6–296.5]

112.1 [4.4–256.9]

0.051

  1. p values were obtained by Pearson’s Chi square test for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables
  2. Medication score, daily mean loratadine dose to control symptoms
  3. H1RA histamine receptor 1 antagonist, CSU chronic spontaneous urticaria, BMI body mass index, UAS7 sum of daily urticaria activity scores during the last week, ASST autologous serum skin test, ANA anti-nuclear antibody, ECP eosinophilic cationic protein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, PAF platelet activating factor, PAF-AH platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase
  4. aH1RA dose is presented as the mean daily H1RA prescription calculated as the loratadine equivalent dose for 3 months