Table 3.
Symptoms at 12 months, exposures, and allergic characteristics by timing of the first contact with an asthma counselor.
| Contact with asthma counselor before 12 months | p-Value | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||||||||
| n | Mean ± SE | n | Mean ± SE | Difference | ||||||||
| Maximum symptom days | 139 | 3.32 ± 0.3 | 20 | 5.17 ± 0.9 | –1.85 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Taking medication (%) | 121 | 68.3 ± 4.6 | 16 | 43.7 ± 13.6 | 24.6 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Mold levels (spores/m3) | ||||||||||||
| Outdoor total | 131 | 2,576 ± 462.5 | 15 | 1,364 ± 731.8 | 1,212 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Indoor total | 131 | 258 ± 27.4 | 15 | 356 ± 112.1 | –98 | 0.34 | ||||||
| IgE (serum) | ||||||||||||
| Total (kU/L) | 111 | 274 ± 16.6 | 15 | 284 ± 47.4 | –10 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Detectable mold IgE (%) | 112 | 44.4 ± 11.5 | 15 | 62.7 ± 24.3 | –18.3 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Allergens in dust (%) | ||||||||||||
| Alternaria > 10 µg/g | 126 | 29.9 ± 4.2 | 15 | 44.3 ± 13.4 | –14.4 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Detectable roach | 126 | 31.9 ± 4.2 | 15 | 27.8 ± 11.9 | 4.1 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Detectable dust mite | 126 | 35.6 ± 4.4 | 15 | 49.3 ± 13.3 | –13.7 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Detectable mouse | 126 | 53.3 ± 4.6 | 15 | 67.9 ± 12.4 | –14.6 | 0.31 | ||||||
| Values in each row are adjusted for baseline levels of the given outcome. | ||||||||||||