Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2016 Aug;126(8):1823-30.
doi: 10.1002/lary.25821. Epub 2016 Jan 4.

Case-control study evaluating competing risk factors for angioedema in a high-risk population

Rebecca J Kamil  1 , Elina Jerschow  2 , Patricia A Loftus  1 , Melin Tan  1 , Marvin P Fried  3 , Richard V Smith  1 , David Foster, Thomas J Ow  1   4
Affiliations

Case-control study evaluating competing risk factors for angioedema in a high-risk population

Rebecca J Kamil et al. Laryngoscope. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

Objectives/hypothesis: Black race is a risk factor for angioedema. The primary aim was to examine the relationship between race-ethnicity and risk factors for angioedema.

Study design: Using a retrospective case-control study design, data was extracted with the Clinical Looking Glass utility, a data collection and management tool that captures data from electronic medical record systems within the Montefiore Healthcare System. Cases were emergency department (ED) visits with primary or secondary International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, code diagnoses of angioedema in adults aged ≥ 18 years from January 2008 to December 2013 at three Montefiore centers in Bronx, New York. Controls were a random sampling of adult ED visits during the same period.

Methods: In primary analyses, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) and black race were evaluated for synergy. The influence of different risk factors in the development of angioedema was evaluated using logistic regression models. Finally, race-ethnicity was further explored by evaluating for effect modification by stratification of models by race-ethnicity categories.

Results: There were 1,247 cases and 6,500 controls randomly selected from a larger control pool. ACE-I use (odds ratio [OR] 3.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.98, 4.60), hypertension (OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.55, 2.29), and black race (OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.86, 2.72) were the strongest risk factors. ACE-I use and black race were not synergistic (OR 1.10, 95% CI 0.80, 1.51). Race-ethnicity was an effect modifier for certain risk factors.

Conclusion: Race-ethnicity acts as an effect modifier for particular angioedema risk factors. The two strongest risk factors, ACE-I use and black race, were not synergistic.

Level of evidence: 3b. Laryngoscope, 126:1823-1830, 2016.

Keywords: Angioedema; race; risk factors.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

No financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Flow-chart of selection of cases and controls. *No cases of hereditary angioedema were identified. All cases were classified as angioneurotic edema.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Weinberger PM, Terris DJ. Otolaryngology—Head & neck surgery. In: Doherty GM, editor. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery. 13. Chapter 15. New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2010.
    1. Gupta SK, Postma GN, Koufman JA. Laryngitis. In: Bailey BJ, Johnson JT, Newlands SD, editors. Head & Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology. 3. I. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2001. pp. 829–836.
    1. Zuberbier T, Grattan C, Maurer M. Urticaria and Angioedema. Berlin: Springer; 2010.
    1. Kaplan AP, Ghebrehiwet B. The plasma bradykinin-forming pathways and its interrelationships with complement. Mol Immunol. 2010;47:2161–2169. - PubMed
    1. Nussberger J, Cugno M, Amstutz C, Cicardi M, Pellacani A, Agostoni A. Plasma bradykinin in angio-oedema. Lancet. 1998;351:1693–1697. - PubMed

Substances

LinkOut - more resources