TABLE 3.
PREVALENCE (%) OF SYMPTOMS REPORTED FOR THE FIRE PERIOD, BY STUDY COHORT AND BY ASTHMA STATUS (BASED ON THE LAST CHILDREN'S HEALTH STUDY QUESTIONNAIRE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE FIRE)
| High-School Students (n = 834)
|
Elementary-School Children (n = 3,775)
|
Both Cohorts (n = 4,609)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom | No Asthma (n = 616) | Asthma (n = 218) | All | No Asthma (n = 3,287) | Asthma (n = 488) | All | No Asthma (n = 3,903) | Asthma (n = 706) | All |
| Itchy/watery eyes | 41.1 | 47.7 | 42.8 | 29.9 | 51.6 | 32.8 | 31.7 | 50.4 | 34.6 |
| Irritated eyes | 41.6 | 50.9 | 44.0 | 30.9 | 51.8 | 33.6 | 32.6 | 51.5 | 35.5 |
| Sneezing/blocked nose | 38.6 | 49.3 | 41.4 | 37.6 | 65.8 | 41.3 | 37.7 | 60.7 | 41.3 |
| Cold | 26.0 | 27.5 | 26.4 | 24.4 | 33.9 | 25.7 | 24.7 | 31.9 | 25.8 |
| Sore throat | 32.3 | 41.3 | 34.6 | 30.8 | 42.5 | 32.3 | 31.0 | 42.1 | 32.7 |
| Dry cough at night | 14.3 | 22.5 | 16.4 | 24.1 | 49.3 | 27.4 | 22.6 | 41.0 | 25.4 |
| Dry cough first in morning | 13.0 | 19.3 | 14.6 | 20.7 | 43.5 | 23.7 | 19.5 | 36.0 | 22.0 |
| Dry cough other times | 17.5 | 28.4 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 43.8 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 39.0 | 22.0 |
| Wet cough | 13.7 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 24.0 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 21.6 | 14.3 |
| Wheeze/general | 7.3 | 18.9 | 10.4 | 6.8 | 39.9 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 33.3 | 10.9 |
| Wheeze/disturbed sleep | 2.3 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 21.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 17.3 | 5.4 |
| Wheeze/ limited speech | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Asthma attack | 1.0 | 11.0 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 17.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 15.4 | 3.4 |
| Bronchitis | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 4.2 |
| Medication* | 12.9 | 23.6 | 15.7 | 23.7 | 50.6 | 27.2 | 22.0 | 42.3 | 25.1 |
| Visit a doctor* | 5.6 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 22.0 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 18.2 | 10.6 |
| Missed school* | 9.8 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 24.8 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 21.7 | 13.1 |
*
For above problems.