TABLE 2.
Factors associated with return after initial management of asthma attack using 7-day oral prednisolone
| Return after initial management |
P value | ||
| No n (%) | Yes n (%) | ||
| Total | 157 (36.5) | 273 (63.5) | |
| Sex | 0.207 | ||
| Female | 77 (33.6) | 152 (66.4) | |
| Male | 79 (39.5) | 121 (60.5) | |
| Age group, years | 0.460 | ||
| <25 | 24 (38.1) | 39 (61.9) | |
| 25–44 | 73 (39.3) | 113 (60.8) | |
| ≥44 | 60 (33.2) | 121 (66.9) | |
| Ever had asthma | 0.007 | ||
| No | 30 (51.7) | 28 (48.3) | |
| Yes | 123 (33.5) | 244 (66.5) | |
| Smoking | 0.196 | ||
| No | 135 (34.8) | 253 (65.2) | |
| Current | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | |
| Ex-smoker | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | |
| Symptom severity | <0.001 | ||
| Less than weekly | 49 (50.0) | 49 (50.0) | |
| Weekly | 64 (36.2) | 113 (63.8) | |
| Daily | 27 (21.3) | 100 (78.7) | |
| Continuous | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | |