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Table 3 Baseline clinical characteristics of the final study cohorts

From: Leveraging unstructured data to identify hereditary angioedema patients in electronic medical records

Characteristic

Confirmed HAE

(n = 254)

Suspected HAE

(n = 1299)

Comorbidity, n (%)

  

 Allergy/anaphylaxis

61 (24.0)

498 (38.3)

 Hypertension

50 (19.7)

276 (21.2)

 Anxiety

28 (11.0)

125 (9.6)

 Arthritis

26 (10.2)

94 (7.2)

 Depression

22 (8.7)

116 (8.9)

 Diabetes

22 (8.7)

102 (7.9)

 Urticaria

21 (8.3)

164 (12.6)

 Obesity

20 (7.9)

149 (11.5)

 Anemia

17 (6.7)

118 (9.1)

 Hypothyroidism

17 (6.7)

73 (5.6)

 COPD

9 (3.5)

103 (7.9)

 Fluid and electrolyte disorders

8 (3.1)

57 (4.4)

 Liver disease

3 (1.2)

36 (2.8)

 Pruritus

3 (1.2)

37 (2.8)

 Hypotension

2 (0.8)

18 (1.4)

Prescriptions for HAE-specific medication

 Patients with ≥ 1 prescription, n (%)

23 (9.1)

13 (1.0)

 Prescriptions PPPM

  

  Mean (SD)

0.10 (0.11)

0.10 (0.08)

  Median (IQR)

0.08 (0.03–0.13)

0.05 (0.04–0.14)

 Type of treatment, n (%)

  

  C1 inhibitor

8 (3.1)

2 (0.2)

  Ecallantide

0

0

  Icatibant

4 (1.6)

1 (0.1)

  Androgen

15 (5.9)

11 (0.8)

HAE attack diagnosis and/or procedure codes

 Patients with evidence of ≥ 1 HAE attack, n (%)

115 (45.3)

683 (52.6)

 HAE attacks PPPM

  

  Mean (SD)

0.03 (0.05)

0.04 (0.04)

  Median (IQR)

0.02 (0.00–0.04)

0.02 (0.01–0.05)

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HAE hereditary angioedema, IQR interquartile range, PPPM per patient per month, SD standard deviation