Table 1.
Description of suggestive symptoms of asthma in children/adolescents (n = 89) enrolled in the study
|
Variable |
No asthma cases |
Asthma cases |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Ever bronchial asthma* |
No |
67 (100) |
15 (68.2) |
| Yes |
0 (0) |
7 (31.8) |
|
| Physical examination* |
No |
67 (100) |
15 (68.2) |
| Yes |
0 (0) |
7 (31.8) |
|
| Drug treatment* |
No |
67 (100) |
15 (68.2) |
| Yes |
0 (0) |
7 (31.8) |
|
| Wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past |
No |
62 (92.5) |
12 (54.5) |
| Yes |
5 (7.5) |
10 (45.5) |
|
| Wheezing or whistling in the chest in the past 12 months |
No |
61 (91.0) |
15 (68.2) |
| Yes |
6 (9.0) |
7 (31.8) |
|
| Wheezing or whistling associated to cold or respiratory infections |
No |
62 (92.5) |
21 (95.5) |
| Yes |
5 (7.5) |
1 (4.5) |
|
| In the past 12 months wheezing severe enough to limit speech to only one or two words at a time between breaths |
No |
67 (100) |
21 (95.5) |
| Yes |
0 (0) |
1 (4.5) |
|
| In the past 12 months a dry cough at night apart from a cough associated with a cold or chest infections |
No |
65 (98.5) |
7 (31.8) |
| Yes |
1 (1.5) |
15 (68.2) |
|
| Usually dry cough apart from cough associated with a cold or chest infections |
No |
57 (87.7) |
11 (50.0) |
| Yes |
8 (12.3) |
11 (50.0) |
|
| Winter affecting cough frequency |
No |
61 (91.0) |
18 (81.8) |
| Yes |
6 (9.0) |
4 (18.2) |
|
| Physical examination for cough |
No |
59 (88.1) |
13 (59.1) |
| Yes |
8 (11.9) |
9 (40.9) |
|
| Breathing difficulties following physical exercises |
No |
59 (90.8) |
16 (72.7) |
| (walking/climbing stairs) |
Yes |
6 (9.2) |
6 (27.3) |
| Snoring during sleep |
No |
51 (76.1) |
15 (68.2) |
| Yes | 16 (23.9) | 7 (31.8) | |
Legend: *core questionnaire used to identify the “confirmed cases”.