Table 2.
Demographics, vitamin D metabolite and DBP levels at original enrollment of Hispanic subjects with and without asthma. Data are presented as N (%) for categorical variables and Mean (SD) for continuous variables.
| Characteristics | Total N=334 |
With asthma N=87 |
Without asthma N=247 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.31 | |||
| Female | 177 (53.0) | 42 (48.3) | 135 (54.7) | |
| Male | 157 (47.0) | 45 (51.7) | 112 (45.3) | |
| Age, current (years) | 5.9 (1.0) | 5.8 (1.1) | 5.9 (0.9) | 0.23 |
| Age at enrollment (years) | 1.7 (0.7) | 1.7 (0.7) | 1.8 (0.7) | 0.36 |
| Age at diagnosis* | 2.1 (1.4) | 2.1 (1.4) | - | |
| Obese | 0.13 | |||
| Yes | 26 (7.8) | 10 (11.5) | 16 (6.5) | |
| No | 308 (92.2) | 77 (88.5) | 231 (93.5) | |
| Asthma Class | ||||
| Intermittent | 49 (58.3) | |||
| Mild persistent | 20 (23.8) | |||
| Moderate persistent | 15 (17.9) | |||
| Allergic Rhinitis | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 51 (15.3) | 29 (33.3) | 22 (8.9) | |
| No | 282 (84.7) | 58 (66.7) | 224 (91.1) | |
| Allergies | 0.01 | |||
| Food allergy | 122 (36.5) | 28 (32.2) | 94 (38.1) | |
| Medical allergy | 26 (7.8) | 13 (14.9) | 13 (5.3) | |
| No | 186 (55.7) | 46 (52.9) | 141 (56.7) | |
| Eczema | 0.046 | |||
| Yes | 113 (33.8) | 37 (42.5) | 76 (30.8) | |
| No | 221 (66.2) | 50 (57.5) | 171 (69.2) | |
| Wheezing with viral infections | <0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 82 (94.3) | 43 (17.6) | ||
| No | 207 (62.4) | 5 (5.8) | 202 (82.5) | |
| DBP at enrollment (mg/L) | 198.8 (26.5) | 194.1 (24.6) | 200.5 (27.0) | 0.08 |
| 25-(OH)D at enrollment (nmol/L) | 67.7 (26.4) | 72.3 (45.7) | 66.2 (14.7) | 0.23 |
*
asthma first diagnosed per the medical record