Table 1 Characteristics of 42 patients
From: Food as a trigger for abdominal angioedema attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema
Parameter | Number (men/women) |
|---|---|
Patients | 42 (15/27) |
mean age (years) | 45 (SD 16.1) |
HAE variants | |
Type I | 41 (0/41) |
Type II | 1 (1/0) |
Trigger factors | |
Emotions | 26 (8/18) |
Trauma / Mechanical trigger | 18 (6/12) |
Hormonesa | 17 (0/17) |
Infection | 13 (3/10) |
Food | 12 (2/10) |
Drugs | 2 (0/2) |
Bee/Wasp sting | 2 (0/2) |
Total | 33 (10/23) |
Atopy | |
Patients | 12 (3/9) |
Grass pollen | 10 (1/9) |
Tree pollen | 10 (3/7) |
House dust mite | 5 (2/3) |
Cat dander | 3 (1/2) |
Mugwort | 3 (1/2) |
Self reported hypersensitivities/intolerances inducing angioedema | |
Atopic | 4 (0/4) |
Non atopic | 9 (2/7) |