Idiopathic urticaria

urticaria: A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.

Endpoint definition

Name L12_URTICA_IDIOPAT
Long name Idiopathic urticaria
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L501
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L501
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Urticaria idiopathica

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 215 160 55
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.10 0.13 0.06
Mean age at first event (years) 41.55 42.18 39.71
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.93 1.25 0.00

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 29.30 30.63 25.45

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Idiopathic urticaria
after Idiopathic urticaria

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Idiopathic urticaria