Table 1.
Demographic comparisons between asthmatic and healthy children
| aVariables |
Healthy N = 45 |
Asthma N = 33 |
* P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height (cm) | 133.00 (116.50, 145.50) | 136.50 (106.00, 151.50) | 0.77 |
| Weight (kg) | 30.00 (21.70, 38.80) | 37.40 (17.80, 43.60) | 0.97 |
| BMI | 17.01 (15.98, 18.61) | 16.91 (15.87, 19.38) | 0.86 |
| BMI z‐score | 0.36 (−0.06, 1.01) | 0.47 (0.06, 0.94) | 0.88 |
| Height z‐score | 0.40 (−0.37, 1.07) | −0.04 (−0.36, 0.54) | 0.1 |
| Age (year) | 8.01 (5.90, 11.09) | 9.96 (5.09, 11.84) | 0.95 |
| Male, N(%) | 29 (64%) | 25 (76%) | 0.33 |
| Caucasian, N(%) | 35 (78%) | 19 (58%) | 0.08 |
a
Variables are presented as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise specified.
*
P values were calculated using Student t‐test or Mann‐Whitney U test, where appropriate, for continuous variables, and chi‐square test for categorical variables.