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Table 2 Profile of patients with persistent or intermittent rhinitis at baseline

From: Reasons for prescribing second generation antihistamines to treat allergic rhinitis in real-life conditions and patient response

 

Intermittent rhinitis

Persistent rhinitis

P value*

Frequency (n = 995)

36.5%

63.6%

 

Familial history of allergy (n = 982)

55.4%

57.0%

0.652

Severity of symptoms (ARIA) (n = 837)

  

<0.001

  Mild

24.8%

13.6%

 

  Moderate to severe

75.2%

86.4%

 

Concomitant disease

   

  Conjunctivitis (n = 988)

74.5%

67.8%

0.0258

  Asthma (n = 984)

22.2%

27.9%

0.0463

  1. *2-sided Chi-2 test.