Autoimmune disease
Reference proportions of AuIDs in the general pediatric population (%)
Proportions of AuIDs from our cohort of CSU patients (%)
P-value, 95% Confidence interval
Hypothyroidism
140/103,500 (0.135%)7
4/191 (2.10%)
P-value = 0.00017 (4.19, 42.01)
Lupus
43/852,190 (0.005%)8
1/191 (0.52%)
P-value = 0.00981 (2.57, 629.2)
Juvenile Arthritis
52.86/100,000 (0.053%)9
2/191 (1.05%)
P-value = 0.00502 (2.34, 76.8)
Type I diabetes
1.93/1,000 (0.19%)10
3/191 (1.57%)
P-value = 0.0317 (0.903, 95.7)