Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea
Background/Aims Despite the high burden and frequency of urticaria, its epidemiology is not well known. We investigated the epidemiology of various type of urticaria in Korea and changes in its annual prevalence over 5 years. Methods We used data from the 2010 to 2014 Health Insurance Review and Ass...
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| description | Background/Aims Despite the high burden and frequency of urticaria, its epidemiology is not well known. We investigated the epidemiology of various type of urticaria in Korea and changes in its annual prevalence over 5 years. Methods We used data from the 2010 to 2014 Health Insurance Review and Assessment database, which covers the claims of 97.0% of the South Korean population. Patients aged > 10 years old were included in this study. The presence of urticaria was identified on physician-certified diagnoses using the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes that include various type of urticaria (L500–L509) and angioedema (T783). Epidemiology of all type of urticaria, physical urticaria and angioedema were investigated. Results The prevalence of all-type urticaria over the 5 years was 4.5% with a peak in individuals, especially females, aged 30 to 59 years. The age-specific prevalence of all-type urticaria increased with age from the 10- to 19-year age group to the 70- to 79-year age group. The prevalence of dermographism, cholinergic urticaria, and angioedema were 0.12%, 0.025%, and 0.027%, respectively. Cholinergic urticaria was most prevalent in those aged 10 to 29 years with male predominance. The annual prevalence of all-type urticaria, dermographism, and angioedema increased over the 5 years. Conclusions The prevalence of urticaria has increased annually in Korea. Cholinergic urticaria showed unique distribution in its age and gender, and angioedema showed remarkable increases in annual prevalence, although the prevalence estimation is still exploratory and diagnosis of urticaria based on ICD-10 codes need to be validated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b3bbf5266624615a17c02ad70004e6b2022-12-21T22:28:13ZengThe Korean Association of Internal MedicineThe Korean Journal of Internal Medicine1226-33032005-66482019-03-0134241842510.3904/kjim.2017.203170063Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in KoreaJeong-Hun Seo0Jae-Woo Kwon1 Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, KoreaBackground/Aims Despite the high burden and frequency of urticaria, its epidemiology is not well known. We investigated the epidemiology of various type of urticaria in Korea and changes in its annual prevalence over 5 years. Methods We used data from the 2010 to 2014 Health Insurance Review and Assessment database, which covers the claims of 97.0% of the South Korean population. Patients aged > 10 years old were included in this study. The presence of urticaria was identified on physician-certified diagnoses using the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes that include various type of urticaria (L500–L509) and angioedema (T783). Epidemiology of all type of urticaria, physical urticaria and angioedema were investigated. Results The prevalence of all-type urticaria over the 5 years was 4.5% with a peak in individuals, especially females, aged 30 to 59 years. The age-specific prevalence of all-type urticaria increased with age from the 10- to 19-year age group to the 70- to 79-year age group. The prevalence of dermographism, cholinergic urticaria, and angioedema were 0.12%, 0.025%, and 0.027%, respectively. Cholinergic urticaria was most prevalent in those aged 10 to 29 years with male predominance. The annual prevalence of all-type urticaria, dermographism, and angioedema increased over the 5 years. Conclusions The prevalence of urticaria has increased annually in Korea. Cholinergic urticaria showed unique distribution in its age and gender, and angioedema showed remarkable increases in annual prevalence, although the prevalence estimation is still exploratory and diagnosis of urticaria based on ICD-10 codes need to be validated.http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2017-203.pdfurticariaangioedemaepidemiologyprevalencerepublic of korea |
| spellingShingle | Jeong-Hun Seo Jae-Woo Kwon Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine urticaria angioedema epidemiology prevalence republic of korea |
| title | Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea |
| title_full | Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea |
| title_short | Epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in Korea |
| title_sort | epidemiology of urticaria including physical urticaria and angioedema in korea |
| topic | urticaria angioedema epidemiology prevalence republic of korea |
| url | http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2017-203.pdf |
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