Table 1.
Demographic data on the patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Table 2.
Laboratory data for the patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria.
Figure 1.
Aggravating factors for chronic idiopathic urticaria based on patient history (N = 639).
Figure 2.
Pattern of prescription at each visit.
Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of group I.
Figure 3.
Kaplan-Meier curves showing the relationship between time to control and initial treatment modality (H1-antihistamines, single agent vs. multiple agents).
Table 4.
Matched propensity scores from the Cox proportional-hazards model for group I.
Figure 4.
Kaplan-Meier curves showing the relationship between time to control and initial treatment modality (H1-antihistamines monotherapy vs. combination therapy with oral corticosteroids).
Table 5.
Baseline characteristics of group II.
Table 6.
Matched propensity scores from the Cox proportional-hazards model for group II.