Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic and health variables by sex

Variable	Women (n=134)	Men (n=103)	P value
Mean (SD) age	39.6 (10.2)	34.9 (9.6)	0.14
No (%) of current smokers	40 (30)	24 (23)	0.34
Mean (SD) years since diagnosis of asthma	15.6 (12.6)	17.4 (11.6)	0.29
Mean (SD) asthma symptom score	12.4 (4.8)	11.6 (4.2)	0.18
No (%) visiting general practitioner*	52 (39)	24 (23)	0.02

^*One or more visits to a general practitioner for asthma in past six months.