Table 3. Comparison of asthma and asthma-like symptoms for gender.

	Female			Male		P*
	n	%		n	%
Current asthma	53	6.9		26	4.5	0.059
Attack of asthma	21	2.7		10	1.7	0.217
Treatment for asthma	51	6.7		25	4.3	0.064
Asthma-like symptoms	287	37.6		170	29.4	0.002
Wheezing	97	12.7		74	12.8	0.963
Wheezing with shortness of breath	82	10.7		56	9.7	0.526
Wheezing in the absence of a cold	73	9.6		57	9.8	0.859
Waking with tightness in the chest	161	21.1		91	15.7	0.013
Woken by an attack of breathlessness	178	23.3		97	16.8	0.003
Woken by attack of cough	172	22.5		95	16.4	0.005
History of allergic rhinitis	26	3.4		7	1.2	0.010

*, Pearson χ².