Table 2.
Comparison of prevalence of AR between pre- and post-pandemics by age group and ethnicity
| Age group | Ethnic | Pre-Pandemic (2017–2019) n = 3086, n (%) |
Post-Pandemic (2020–2022) n = 658, n (%) |
χ2(df) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 5 | Malay | 80 (70.8) | 33 (29.2) | 1.401* | 0.715* |
| Chinese | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | |||
| Indian | 19 (79.2) | 5 (20.8) | |||
| Others | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| 6 to 18 | Malay | 629 (83.0) | 129 (17.0) | 4.525 (3) | 0.208 |
| Chinese | 117 (89.3) | 14 (10.7) | |||
| Indian | 174 (86.6) | 27 (13.4) | |||
| Others | 28 (87.5) | 4 (12.5) | |||
| 19 to 59 | Malay | 750 (81.0) | 176 (19.0) | 3.479 (3) | 0.327 |
| Chinese | 234 (83.6) | 46 (16.4) | |||
| Indian | 343 (82.5) | 73 (17.5) | |||
| Others | 64 (88.9) | 8 (11.1) | |||
| ≥ 60 | Malay | 129 (75.4) | 42 (24.6) | 8.507 (3) | 0.037 |
| Chinese | 292 (81.8) | 65 (18.2) | |||
| Indian | 164 (86.3) | 26 (13.7) | |||
| Others | 49 (87.5) | 7 (12.5) |
The p-value was analysed using the Chi-square test. *analysed with Fisher’s Exact test