Table 1.
Characteristics | n | % |
---|---|---|
Age of the children (month) | 54.4 ± 0.7* | |
Sex (boys) | 480 | 52.6 |
Ever asthma | 164 | 18.0 |
Ever wheezing | 412 | 45.2 |
Current wheezing | 180 | 19.7 |
Family history of asthma (positive) | 201 | 22.0 |
Anti-Ascaris IgE (positive) | 636 | 69.7 |
Anti-DP IgE (positive) | 404 | 44.3 |
Mite antigen skin prick test (positive) | 139 | 15.7 |
History of diarrhea in last 15 days (yes) | 123 | 13.5 |
Socioeconomic status (calculated by asset score) | ||
Poor | 148 | 16.2 |
Below Middle | 187 | 20.5 |
Middle | 180 | 19.7 |
Upper Middle | 195 | 21.4 |
Wealthy | 202 | 22.1 |
*Mean ± SD