Table 2.

Teen-caregiver responses to selected questions about teen’s asthma in a sample of urban African American teenagers with asthma.

	Caregiver response
	Yes		No				Total
Teen response	n	(%)	n	(%)			N	(%)	Kappa	95%CI	P*	P+
Teen smoker (59 pairs)
Yes	5	8.5	4	6.8			9	15.3	0.62	0.32–0.92	<0.01	0.18
No	1	1.7	49	83.0			50	84.7
Total	6	10.2	53	89.8			59	100.0
ETS exposure (62 pairs)
Yes	22	35.5	14	22.6			36	58.1	0.43	0.22–0.64	<0.01	0.02
No	4	6.4	22	35.5			26	41.9
Total	26	41.9	36	58.1			62	100.0
Asthma controlled (62 pairs)
Yes	36	58.0	12	19.4			48	77.4	0.28	0.03–0.53	0.02	0.16
No	6	9.7	8	12.9			14	22.6
Total	42	67.7	20	32.3			62	100.0
	Mild		Moderate		Severe		Total
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	N	(%)
Asthma severity (61 pairs)
Mild	21	34.4	12	19.7	2	3.3	35	57.4	0.19	0.0–0.39	0.07	0.08†
Moderate	7	11.5	12	19.7	6	9.8	25	41.0
Severe	0	0	1	1.6	0	0	1	1.6
Total	28	45.9	25	40.8	8	13.1	61	100.0

^*p value for Kappa statistic.

⁺p value for McNemar’s test.

^†p value for Bowker’s test.