Table 1. Characteristics of children with asthma with controlled asthma and those with uncontrolled asthma by ACT.
| Children with controlled asthma (ACT⩾20) (n=53) | Children with uncontrolled asthma (ACT⩽19) (n=8) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (male) | 27 (51%) | 4 (50%) | 0.96 |
| Age (years), mean (s.d.) | 9.81 (3.19) | 8.75 (1.16) | 0.36 |
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Ethnicity
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| White | 52 (98%) | 7 (88%) | 0.12 |
| Non-white | 1 (2%) | 1 (12% | |
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Smoking exposure at home
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| Yes | 8 (15%) | 2 (25%) | 0.48 |
| No | 45 (85%) | 6 (75%) | |
|
Overweight (n=77)
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| Yes | 6 (13%) | 2 (20%) | 0.53 |
| No | 42 (87%) | 8 (80%) | |
|
Other atopic conditions
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| Yes | 35 (66%) | 4 (50%) | 0.38 |
| No | 18 (34%) | 4 (50%) | |
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Asthma severity (n=74)
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| |||
| Persistent asthma | 8 (16%) | 5 (63%) | 0.004 |
| Intermittent asthma | 41 (84%) | 3 (37%) | |
| Quality of life of parents, mean (s.d.) | 8.79 (1.23) | 7.38 (1.85) | 0.006 |
| General health status of child, mean (s.d.) | 1.91 (0.77) | 3.25 (0.71) | <0.001 |
| HOUSES, mean (s.d.) (n=75) | 2.29 (0.56) | 1.78 (0.38) | 0.016 |
| HI, mean (s.d.) (n=74) | 50.76 (12.53) | 50.57 (9.62) | 0.97 |
| NKI, mean (s.d.) (n=74) | 57.32 (14.07) | 54.57 (15.64) | 0.63 |
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Parents education
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| Some college or less | 16 (30%) | 2 (25%) | 0.67 |
| College graduate | 18 (34%) | 4 (50%) | |
| Graduate school | 19 (36%) | 2 (25%) | |
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Income in three groups (n=74)
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| <$50,000 | 6 (13%) | 5 (63%) | 0.005 |
| $50,000–140,000 | 27 (57%) | 2 (25%) | |
| >$140,000 | 14 (30%) | 1 (12%) | |
The variables that were not available for all 80 subjects are indicated by showing the number of subjects with available data.
Abbreviations: ACT, Asthma Control Test; HI, Hollingshead index; HOUSES, housing-based socioeconomic index; NKI, Nakao–Treas index.
a
For these variables in the table, the number of subjects do not add up to 61 because some subjects did not have both ACT score and these variables.