TABLE 1—
Baseline Demographic Characteristics and Asthma Severity of Study Participants: Comparison of High- and Low-Intensity Groups
| High-Intensity Group (n = 138) | Low-Intensity Group (n = 136) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Child’s age (mean years) | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Child’s gender (% male) | 55.8 | 61.8 |
| Caregiver’s ethnicity (%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 12.3 | 21.3 |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 31.9 | 27.9 |
| Vietnamese | 25.4 | 22.1 |
| Other Asian | 9.4 | 5.2 |
| Hispanic | 17.4 | 17.7 |
| Other | 3.6 | 5.9 |
| Household income (%) | ||
| < 100% poverty | 51.9 | 60.9 |
| 100%–149% poverty | 33.3 | 24.1 |
| 150%–200% poverty | 14.8 | 15.0 |
| Caregiver’s education (%) | ||
| Less than high school | 40.9 | 37.6 |
| High school graduate or general equivalency diploma | 25.8 | 27.8 |
| Some college | 26.5 | 25.6 |
| College graduate | 6.8 | 9.0 |
| Single caregiver in household (%)a | 35.5 | 23.5 |
| Caregiver currently employed (%) | 47.8 | 57.4 |
| Caregiver’s mean age (years) | 35.9 | 34.6 |
| Caregiver rents home (%) | 81.9 | 83.0 |
| Asthma severity (%) | ||
| Mild intermittent | 20.3 | 27.2 |
| Mild persistent | 15.9 | 12.5 |
| Moderate persistent | 31.2 | 36.8 |
| Severe persistent | 32.6 | 23.5 |
| Urgent health use in past 2 months (%) | 25.9 | 21.3 |
| Caregiver quality-of-life scorea | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Symptom days/2 weeks | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Days with activity limited by asthma/2 weeks | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| Days used β2-agonist/2 weeks | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| Days used controller medications/2 weeks | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| Missed school in past 2 weeks—child (%) | 33.9 | 26.6 |
| Missed work in past 2 weeks—all adults (%) | 15.9 | 18.4 |
| Smoker in home (%) | 39.9 | 41.9 |
| Pet in home (%) | 20.4 | 26.9 |
| Mold (%) | 41.1 | 46.2 |
| Water damage/moisture/leak (%) | 17.8 | 23.9 |
| Roaches (observed or reported) (%) | 19.6 | 15.6 |
| Rodents (observed or reported) (%)a | 0.0 | 3.5 |
aP < .05 for between-group comparison.