Table 2:
Rates of each exacerbation indicator for ACQ and NAEPP criteria of asthma control.
| OCS use | Hospitalization | ED visit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | n (%) | p | |
| ACQ | |||||||
| Well controlled | 131 | 20 (15.2) | <0.001 | 11 ( 8.3) | 0.002 | 23 (17.5) | <0.001 |
| Somewhat controlled | 78 | 21 (26.9) | 0.094 | 7 ( 8.9) | 0.015 | 22 (28.2) | 0.140 |
| Uncontrolled | 162 | 63 (38.8) | 37 (22.8) | 63 (38.8) | |||
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| NAEPP | |||||||
| Well controlled | 57 | 8 (14.0) | <0.001 | 4 ( 7.0) | 0.006 | 13 (22.8) | 0.012 |
| Not well controlled | 186 | 43 (23.1) | <0.001 | 18 ( 9.6) | <0.001 | 40 (21.5) | <0.001 |
| Very poorly | 127 | 53 (41.7) | 33 (25.9) | 55 (43.3) | |||
| controlled | |||||||
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
Each indicator has a p-value for the Chi-square test of whether the rates are independent of the asthma control categories. To the right, the pairwise p-values compare the first two better controlled criteria to the least-controlled criterion.
ACQ Asthma control Questionnaire; NAEPP National Asthma Education and Prevention Program