Table 5.
Respiratory symptoms in 2000 and 2009
| 2000 | 2009 | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
a. Male |
Score |
n = 156 |
n = 156 |
|
||
| Dyspnea |
1 |
10 |
(6.4%) |
17 |
(10.9%) |
<.05 |
| |
2 |
91 |
(58.3%) |
92 |
(59.0%) |
|
| |
3 |
50 |
(32.1%) |
37 |
(23.7%) |
|
| |
4 |
5 |
(3.2%) |
10 |
(6.4%) |
|
| |
5 |
0 |
(0%) |
0 |
(0%) |
|
| Wheeze |
1 |
40 |
(25.6%) |
45 |
(28.8%) |
0.84 |
| |
2 |
60 |
(38.5%) |
53 |
(34.0%) |
|
| |
3 |
45 |
(28.8%) |
46 |
(29.5%) |
|
| |
4 |
11 |
(7.1%) |
12 |
(7.7%) |
|
| |
5 |
0 |
(0%) |
0 |
(0%) |
|
| Cough and sputum |
1 |
0 |
(0%) |
2 |
(1.3%) |
0.87 |
| |
2 |
77 |
(49.4%) |
75 |
(48.1%) |
|
| |
3 |
72 |
(46.2%) |
72 |
(46.2%) |
|
| |
4 |
7 |
(4.5%) |
6 |
(3.8%) |
|
| |
5 |
0 |
(0%) |
1 |
(0.6%) |
|
|
b. Female |
Score |
n = 407 |
n = 406 |
|
||
| Dyspnea |
1 |
35 |
(8.6%) |
41 |
(10.1%) |
<.01 |
| |
2 |
274 |
(67.3%) |
282 |
(69.5%) |
|
| |
3 |
84 |
(20.6%) |
73 |
(18.0%) |
|
| |
4 |
13 |
(3.2%) |
10 |
(2.5%) |
|
| |
5 |
1 |
(0.2%) |
0 |
(0%) |
|
| Wheeze |
1 |
132 |
(32.4%) |
156 |
(38.3%) |
<.01 |
| |
2 |
159 |
(39.1%) |
137 |
(33.7%) |
|
| |
3 |
95 |
(23.3%) |
97 |
(23.8%) |
|
| |
4 |
21 |
(5.1%) |
17 |
(4.2%) |
|
| |
5 |
0 |
(0%) |
0 |
(0%) |
|
| Cough and sputum |
1 |
6 |
(1.5%) |
13 |
(3.2%) |
0.97 |
| |
2 |
204 |
(50.1%) |
201 |
(49.4%) |
|
| |
3 |
183 |
(45.0%) |
182 |
(44.7%) |
|
| |
4 |
13 |
(3.2%) |
11 |
(2.7%) |
|
| 5 | 1 | (0.2%) | 0 | (0%) | ||
Values are presented as number (%).
2000 versus 2009: Wilcoxon signed-rank test.