Table 2.
Characteristic# | |
Duration of asthma (n=104) | 0–62 years (median 11 years) |
Age at diagnosis (n=102) | 10 months–90 years (median 37 years) |
Age at death (n=193) | 4–97 years (median 58 years) |
Severity of asthma (n=155)¶ | |
Mild | 14 (9%) |
Moderate | 76 (49%) |
Severe | 61 (39%) |
Previous hospital admission (n=190) | 90 (47%) |
Accident and Emergency attendances (n=115) | 40 (34%) |
Intensive care admissions (n=181) | 27 (15%) |
Current smokers (n=193) | 39 (20%)+ |
Psychosocial and learning disability factors (n=190) | 84 (44%) |
Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg·m−2 at most recent assessment) (n=121) | 38 (31%) |
Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: data return from doctors was incomplete; n assessable data for each parameter are shown in parentheses. ¶: classified by clinicians, 12 out of 28 children and young people (under 20 years-old) were classified with mild or moderate asthma by their clinicians. +: a further 27 (10%) were exposed to smoke at work.