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Table 1 Patient characteristics at allergy immunotherapy initiation

From: Allergy immunotherapy prescribing trends for grass pollen-induced allergic rhinitis in Germany: a retrospective cohort analysis

Characteristic

All patients (n = 18,850)

<18 years of age (n = 6425)

≥18 years of age (n = 12,425)

Agea

26.7 ± 14.35 (24.0)

12.1 ± 3.24 (12.0)

34.3 ± 11.78 (33.0)

 SLIT-tablets

28.5 ± 14.76 (27.0)

12.0 ± 3.31 (12.0)

35.2 ± 12.15 (34.0)

 SLIT-drop

26.5 ± 15.44 (25.0)

11.1 ± 3.41 (11.0)

35.9 ± 11.97 (35.0)

 SCIT

26.2 ± 14.09 (24.0)

12.2 ± 3.20 (12.0)

33.9 ± 11.61 (32.0)

Gender, male

53 %

63 %

48 %

 SLIT-tablets

51 %

61 %

48 %

 SLIT-drop

53 %

65 %

46 %

 SCIT

54 %

64 %

48 %

Health insurance

   

 State (public)

16,502 (88 %)

5729 (89 %)

10,773 (87 %)

 Private

2348 (12 %)

696 (11 %)

1652 (13 %)

Prior AIT usage at index

957 (5 %)

351 (5 %)

606 (5 %)

 SLIT-tablets

31 (1 %)

4 (<1 %)

27 (1 %)

 SLIT-drop

35 (4 %)

11 (3 %)

24 (4 %)

 SCIT

891 (7 %)

336 (7 %)

555 (6 %)

Co-morbiditiesb

   

 Asthma

7904 (42 %)

2967 (46 %)

4937 (40 %)

 Conjunctivitis

4215 (22 %)

1709 (27 %)

2506 (20 %)

 Atopic Dermatitis

3770 (20 %)

1634 (25 %)

2136 (17 %)

 Sinusitis

2954 (16 %)

859 (13 %)

2095 (17 %)

Concomitant ARC usagec

13,403 (71 %)

5053 (79 %)

8350 (67 %)

  1. aMean ± SD (median)
  2. bCo-morbidities not mutually exclusive
  3. cAt index or post-index