Table 1.
General characteristics of 6–7 year old children participating in ISAAC Phase III Barranquilla.
| Variables | Prevalence N (%) |
|---|---|
| General characteristics | |
| Males | 1521 (47.3) |
| Females | 1688 (52.7) |
| Mothers with secondary education (%) | 2125 (66.2) |
| Current maternal smoking | 194 (6.0) |
| Maternal smoking during 1st year of child’s life | 161 (5.0) |
| Child’s physical activity (3 times per week) | 1036 (32.3) |
| 3 or more hours per day watching TV | 1282 (40.0) |
| Breastfeeding | 2764 (86.1) |
| Respiratory and allergic symptoms | |
| Ever wheeze | 725 (22.6) |
| Current wheeze (last 12 months) | 477 (14.9) |
| Severe symptoms of asthma | |
| (Answering “yes” to having 4 or more wheeze attacks or being awoken 1 or more nights per week due to wheeze, in the last 12 months) | 22 (0.7) |
| Rhino-conjunctivitis | |
| (Answering “yes” to the question “has your child has a problem with sneezing or a runny or blocked nose when they did not have a cold or flu?” and “In the past 12 months, has this nose problem been accompanied by itchy watery eyes?”) | 494 (16.1) |
| Severe rhino-conjunctivitis | |
| (Having itchy watery eyes and who answered “a lot” to their nose problems interfering with their daily activities, in the last 12 months) | 34 (1.1) |
| Eczema | |
| (Has your child had this itchy rash at any time in the past 12 months? And “has this itchy rash at any time affected any of the following places: the folds of the elbows, behind the knees, in front of the ankles, under the buttocks, or around the neck, ears or eyes?”) | 675 (22.3) |
| Severe eczema | |
| (Having sleep disturbance one or more times per week due to symptoms of eczema, in the last 12 months) | 89 (2.9) |