Table 1.
Basic information of three group of children
| Group 1 N = 76 |
Group 2 N = 109 |
Control group N = 82 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Boy | 37 (48.7%) | 61 (56.0%) | 38 (46.3%) | 0.38 |
| Girl | 39 (51.3%) | 48 (44.0%) | 44 (53.7%) | |
| Age (years) (median, IQR) | 6 (5–8.5) | 7 (5–10) | 7 (5–11) | 0.02* |
| Atopic disease | ||||
| Atopic dermatitis | 14 (18.4%) | 30 (27.5%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.001* |
| Allergic conjunctivitis | 31 (40.8%) | 83 (76.2%) | 1 (1.2%) | < 0.001* |
| Allergic rhinitis | 59 (77.6%) | 109 (100%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.001* |
| Asthma | 24 (31.6%) | 41 (37.6%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.001* |
| Paternal education level | ||||
| Illiterate or elementary | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.63 |
| Junior high school | 2 (2.6%) | 4 (3.7%) | 6 (7.3%) | |
| Senior high school | 15 (19.7%) | 17 (15.6%) | 11 (13.4%) | |
| College | 41 (53.9%) | 59 (54.1%) | 39 (47.6%) | |
| Graduate school | 18 (23.7%) | 29 (26.6%) | 26 (31.7%) | |
| Maternal education level | ||||
| Illiterate or elementary | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2.4%) | 0.47 |
| Junior high school | 2 (2.6%) | 3 (2.8%) | 3 (3.7%) | |
| Senior high school | 15 (19.7%) | 13 (11.9%) | 11 (13.4%) | |
| College | 46 (60.5%) | 78 (71.6%) | 49 (59.8%) | |
| Graduate school | 12 (15.8%) | 15 (13.8%) | 17 (20.7%) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Taipei City | 60 (78.9%) | 95 (87.2%) | 64 (78.1%) | 0.17 |
| New Taipei City | 15 (19.7%) | 12 (11.0%) | 17 (20.7%) | |
| Hsinchu County | 1 (1.3%) | 2 (1.8%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Taichung City | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.2%) | |
Group 1: acute bacterial paranasal sinusitis; group 2: allergic rhinitis without acute bacterial paranasal sinusitis; control group: no allergic rhinitis and acute bacterial paranasal sinusitis
*p < 0.05