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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Jun 24;155(3):398–403. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.004

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics and Student t-Test of Asthma Diagnosis with Current Symptoms in relation to SAS-A Subscales

Negative Emotion New Situations General Social Phobia
Group Mean (SD) t (df) P Value
Effect Size
Mean (SD) t (df) P Value
Effect Size
Mean (SD) t (df) P Value
Effect Size
Current Asthma 19.04 (6.99) 2.45 (583) .015 13.80 (4.70) .52 (583) NS 6.74 (2.96) 2.19 (583) .029
(n=499) .29 .06 .27
No Asthma 17.23 (6.22) 13.52 (4.48) 6.12 (2.30)
(n=86)