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Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2016 Jan 20;53(5):485–491. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1108435

Table 2.

Asthma Symptoms over 2 weeks by Weight Status

	Overall (BMI ≥5^th percentile)	Normal Weight (BMI ≥5^th and <85^th percentile)	Overweight/Obese (BMI ≥85^th percentile)
	n=460	n=227	n=233	p-value	Adjusted p-value
Symptom Free Days mean(SD), range 0–14	8.07 (4.82)	8.34 (4.86)	7.81 (4.78)	0.194	.153
Symptom Days^a ^b mean(SD), range 0–14	3.89 (4.22)	3.52 (4.26)	4.25 (4.15)	0.005	.035
Symptom Nights mean(SD), range 0–14	4.07 (4.48)	4.11 (4.56)	4.04 (4.42)	0.984	.987
Days requiring rescue medication mean(SD), range 0–14	4.03 (4.67)	3.70 (4.48)	4.34 (4.84)	0.131	0.153
Activity Limited Days due to asthma^a ^b mean(SD), range 0–14	2.99 (3.78)	2.55 (3.50)	3.43 (3.99)	0.004	0.013
Limited in Mild Activities^a N(%)	104 (23%)	41 (18%)	63 (27%)	0.026	OR (95% CI) 1.5 (0.92–2.37)

^a

p-value <0.05

^b

p-value <0.05 in regression analyses

Multivariate analyses controlled for child race, child ethnicity, intervention group, caregiver age, and screen time.