Table 3.
Asthma ever (n = 333) | Adult onset asthma (n = 165) | Bronchitis ever (n = 358) | ||||
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N (%) | p trend | N (%) | p trend | N (%) | p trend | |
Early life SEP | ||||||
Fathers social class | ||||||
I | 62 (9.08) | 0.39 | 21 (3.27) | 0.27 | 64 (9.34) | 0.72 |
II | 114 (8.78) | 56 (4.43) | 111 (8.55) | |||
III + IV + V | 146 (8.11) | 77 (4.32) | 170 (9.49) | |||
Household amenities | ||||||
Less than 3 | 188 (8.88) | 0.45 | 103 (4.91) | 0.01 | 213 (10.1) | 0.05 |
Greater than 3 | 145 (8.19) | 57 (3.26) | 145 (8.20) | |||
Early life respiratory conditions | ||||||
Asthma | ||||||
No | 227 (6.05) | <0.001 | 157 (4.22) | 0.29 | 303 (8.08) | <0.001 |
Yes | 106 (72.6) | 3 (2.31) | 55 (38.7) | |||
Bronchitis | ||||||
No | 266 (7.34) | <0.001 | 142 (3.96) | 0.03 | 250 (6.91) | <0.001 |
Yes | 67 (24.5) | 18 (6.82) | 108 (39.4) | |||
Adult SEP | ||||||
Social class (main job) | ||||||
I | 146 (9.09) | 0.16 | 72 (4.52) | 0.08 | 135 (8.40) | 0.24 |
II | 106 (8.17) | 45 (3.53) | 134 (10.3) | |||
III + IV + V | 8 (5.67) | 3 (2.14) | 11 (7.86) | |||
Income | ||||||
Less than £19999 | 52 (9.09) | 0.63 | 25 (4.44) | 0.88 | 59 (10.4) | 0.01 |
£20000–£49999 | 169 (8.57) | 75 (3.94) | 193 (9.80) | |||
£50000 or more | 100 (8.36) | 52 (4.40) | 87 (7.29) | |||
Crowding | ||||||
Greater than 1.4 | 76 (8.81) | 0.79 | 44 (5.13) | 0.11 | 89 (10.4) | 0.20 |
Less than 1.4 | 257 (8.52) | 116 (3.89) | 269 (8.92) | |||
Homeowner | ||||||
Owned outright | 224 (8.27) | 0.39 | 111 (4.14) | 0.97 | 243 (8.99) | 0.43 |
Mortgaged | 92 (9.15) | 41 (4.12) | 93 (9.25) | |||
Rented | 14 (9.15) | 6 (4.11) | 17 (11.4) | |||
Car ownership | ||||||
0–2 cars | 225 (8.67) | 0.81 | 109 (4.25) | 0.74 | 241 (9.31) | 0.68 |
3 or more cars | 104 (8.43) | 49 (4.01) | 110 (8.90) | |||
Smoking status | ||||||
None | 139 (8.10) | 0.76 | 1,626 (95.9) | 0.54 | 115 (6.71) | <0.001 |
Former | 164 (9.34) | 1,661 (95.5) | 198 (11.3) | |||
Current | 30 (7.39) | 390 (97.3) | 45 (11.1) |