From: Anaphylaxis triggers in a large tertiary care hospital in Qatar: a retrospective study
Causative triggers | Total N = 1068 n (%) | Anaphylaxis N = 574 n (%) | GAR N = 132 n (%) | P-value |
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Food (All) | 403 (37.7) | 316 (55.0) | 87 (65.9) | <  0.001 |
 Nuts a | 232 (21.7) | 173 (30.1) | 59 (44.6) | < 0.001 |
 Egg | 113 (10.5) | 89 (15.5) | 24 (18.1) | 0.171 |
 Seafood | 93 (8.7) | 72 (12.5) | 21 (15.9) | 0.111 |
 Peanuts | 92 (8.6) | 71 (12.3) | 21 (15.9) | 0.100 |
 Cow’s milk | 77 (7.2) | 61 (10.6) | 16 (12.1) | 0.326 |
 Sesame seeds | 65 (6.1) | 50 (8.7) | 15 (11.3) | 0.158 |
 Wheat | 38 (3.5) | 35 (6.1) | 3 (2.2) | 0.130 |
 Other food b | 150 (14.0) | 126 (21.9) | 24 (18.1) | 0.933 |
Insects’ stings (All) | 184 (17.2) | 161 (28.0) | 23 (17.4) | 0.122 |
 Black ant | 153 (14.3) | 135 (23.5) | 18 (13.6) | 0.101 |
 Bee | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
 Wasp | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
 Unspecified | 29 (2.7) | 24 (4.1) | 5 (3.7) | 0.798* |
Drugs (All) | 123 (11.5) | 103 (17.9) | 20 (16.2) | 0.978 |
 Antibiotics | 58 (5.4) | 49 (8.5) | 9 (6.8) | 0.883 |
  Augmentin | 19 (1.7) | 16 (2.7) | 3 (2.2) | 1.000* |
  Penicillin | 14 (1.3) | 11 (1.9) | 3 (2.2) | 0.484* |
  Ceftriaxone | 6 (0.5) | 6 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.596* |
  Amoxicillin | 6 (0.5) | 5 (0.8) | 1 (0.7) | 1.000* |
  Other antibiotics | 22 (2.0) | 19 (3.3) | 3 (2.2) | 1.000* |
 NSAID c | 36 (3.3) | 30 (5.2) | 6 (4.5) | 0.938 |
  Ibuprofen | 28 (2.6) | 23 (4.0) | 5 (3.7) | 0.794* |
  Paracetamol | 8 (0.7) | 8 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.366* |
  Diclofenac | 8 (0.7) | 7 (1.2) | 1 (0.7) | 1.000* |
  Aspirin | 3 (0.3) | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
  Other NSAID | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
 IvIg d | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
 Vaccines | 3 (0.3) | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000* |
 Other drugs | 41 (3.8) | 35 (6.1) | 6 (4.5) | 0.779 |
Idiopathic (All) | 49 (4.5) | 44 (7.6) | 5 (3.7) | 0.245 |