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Table 2 Therapy preference, compliance, and quality of life in patients stratified according to disease severity

From: High attack frequency in patients with angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency is a major determinant in switching to home therapy: a real-life observational study

 

Treatment strategy

Compliance

Quality of lifea

home

n = 37

hospital

n = 19

≥50 %

n = 27

<50 %

n = 29

≥50th pct

n = 29

<50th pct

n = 11

DSS ≥ 7

22 (70.9 %)

9 (29.1 %)

16 (51.6 %)

15 (48.4 %)

19 (67.8 %)

9 (32.2 %)

DSS < 7

15 (60.0 %)

10 (40.0 %)

11 (44.0 %)

14 (56.0 %)

10 (83.3 %)

2 (16.7 %)

  1. Abbreviation definitions: DSS disease severity score, pct percentile
  2. a Quality of life was assessed only in patients aged ≥ 18 years (n = 40)
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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