Table 5:
Characteristics of Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study Participants by Asthma Status at Year 5 Examination among Participants without Elevated Depressive Symptoms (n = 3,016)
| |
Prevalent Current
Asthma |
Not Prevalent Current
Asthma |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 188) | (n = 2,828) | P Value | |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Female | 116 (61.7) | 1,504 (53.2) | 0.02 |
| Male | 72 (38.3) | 1,324 (46.8) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 30.0 (3.6) | 30.1 (3.6) | 0.69 |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| African American | 90 (47.9) | 1,237 (43.7) | 0.27 |
| White | 98 (52.1) | 1,591 (56.3) | |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||
| Current smoker | 49 (26.1) | 714 (25.3) | 0.30 |
| Former smoker | 34 (18.1) | 405 (14.3) | |
| Never-smoker | 105 (55.9) | 1,709 (60.4) | |
| BMI | |||
| <25 | 85 (45.2) | 1,520 (53.8) | 0.004 |
| 25–29 | 53 (28.2) | 820 (29.0) | |
| 30+ | 50 (26.6) | 488 (17.3) | |
| Study center, n (%) | |||
| Birmingham | 31 (16.5) | 662 (23.4) | 0.02 |
| Chicago | 35 (18.6) | 621 (22.0) | |
| Minneapolis | 53 (28.2) | 755 (26.7) | |
| Oakland | 69 (36.7) | 790 (27.9) | |
| Education, n (%) | |||
| Less than high school | 9 (4.8) | 134 (4.7) | 0.76 |
| High school | 49 (26.1) | 648 (22.9) | |
| Some college | 55 (29.3) | 830 (29.4) | |
| College or more | 75 (39.9) | 1,216 (43.0) | |
| Physical activity score, exercise units, mean (SD) | 360.6 (290.1) | 391.1 (299.1) | 0.18 |
| Incident elevated depressive symptoms, n (%) | 55 (29.3) | 848 (30.0) | |
| Person-years of follow-up | 3,205 | 47,995 | |
| Unadjusted rate per 1,000 person-years | 17.2 | 17.7 | 0.83 |
For definition of abbreviation, see Table 2.