Table 3.

Prevalence of consumption of medications in the Spanish paediatric population by lifestyle and health profile variables; Spanish National Health Survey (SNHS) 1993–2003

		SNHS 93 (% and 95% CI)		SNHS 2003 (% and 95% CI)
Physical activity of child*†	Inactive	35.56	(33.01, 38.14)	31.87	(30.10, 33.69)
	Moderate	37.27	(35.34, 39.23)	37.82	(35.34, 40.36)
Body mass index†	<25	36.69	(34.73, 38.70)	33.84	(32.30, 35.40)
	≥25	38.88	(32.06, 46.17)	35.88	(29.18, 43.16)
Limitation of the principal activity of child‡*	Yes	88.71	(85.6, 91.21)	85.87	(82.43, 88.73)
	No	28.38	(26.83, 29.98)	26.15	(32.55, 35.48)
Self-assessment of health status‡*†	Fair/poor/very poor	64.19	(59.31, 68.80)	67.81	(63.27, 72.04)
	Very good/good	33.62	(32.04, 35.23)	29.94	(28.46, 31.47)
Medical consultation‡*†	Yes	76.89	(74.28, 79.31)	69.19	(66.29, 71.95)
	No	20.77	(19.25, 22.38)	21.06	(19.62, 22.57)
Hospitalization in preceding 12 months*†	Yes	43.17	(33.87, 50.78)	44.14	(37.96, 50.50)
	No	36.51	(34.96, 38.09)	33.36	(31.88, 34.88)
Emergency visit in preceding 12 months‡*†	Yes	47.79	(43.97, 51.64)	45.21	(42.63, 47.81)
	No	34.46	(32.81, 36.14)	27.93	(26.24, 29.68)

^*Statistically significant association on analysing prevalences of consumption in SNHS 03.

^†Statistically significant association on analysing prevalences of consumption between SNHS 93 and SNHS 03.

^‡Statistically significant association on analysing prevalences of consumption in SNHS 93.