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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2017 Oct 5;50(4):1700237. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00237-2017

Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants according to asthma control, among 4,102 nurses with asthma

Asthma Control Test score
P
25 20–24 16–19 ≤15
n (%) 1,303 (32) 2,035 (50) 496 (12) 268 (6)
Age, m (sd) 58.4 (4.4) 58.8 (4.3) 58.9 (4.2) 59.0 (4.2) 0.01
Race (non white), % 5 6 5 8 0.23
Ethnicity (Hispanic), % 2 2 1 1 0.49
Smoking status*, %
 Never smoker 70 67 64 61 0.01
 Ex-smoker 28 29 32 33
 Current smoker 2 4 4 6
BMI*, %
 <25 kg/m2 33 29 23 18 < 0.001
 25–29.9 kg/m2 31 29 28 31
 ≥ 30 kg/m2 36 42 49 51

BMI – Body Mass Index.

*

In 2013 (main Nurse’s Health Study II questionnaire). Missing values for smoking status: n=5; BMI: 37.