TABLE I.
Demographics for different asthma status
| Asthma status | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy (n=14) |
Controlled (n=57) |
Uncontrolled (n=44) |
H vs. C | H vs. U | C vs. U | |
| Age, years | 13 | 12 | 11 | .6945 | .6807 | .4050 |
| Male/Female, % | 36/64 | 51/49 | 59/41 | .3163 | .1327 | .4157 |
| Height, cm | 156 | 154 | 151 | .6962 | .2373 | .2525 |
| Weight, kg | 50 | 51 | 54 | .9137 | .5487 | .2837 |
| Body mass index | 20.9 | 20.8 | 23.8 | .7560 | .0299 | .0086 |
| Atopic, % | 0 | 77 | 77 | <.0001 | <.0001 | .8831 |
| Medication step, % Non-compliant/1/2/3/4 |
27/12/35/21/5 | 27/18/34/16/5 | .5295 | |||
Demographic measurements are presented as median.
*
Mann-Whitney U Test was applied to detect the group difference between healthy (H) vs. controlled asthma (C), healthy vs. uncontrolled asthma (U) and controlled asthma vs. uncontrolled asthma.