Table 3. Percentage prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis across selected age groups among children and adolescents categorized by gender.
| Asthma definition | Age group | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–7 years (95% CI) |
13–14 years (95% CI) |
10–19 years (95% CI) |
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| All n = 2123 |
Male n = 1043 |
Female n = 1081 |
*OR (95% CI) |
All n = 1437 |
Male n = 808 |
Female n = 629 |
*OR (95% CI) |
All n = 7082 |
Male n = 3724 |
Female n = 3358 |
*OR (95% CI) |
|
| Physician Diagnosed asthma | 1.2 (0.7–1.7) |
1.4 (0.7–2.1) |
1.1 (0.5–1.7) |
1.21 (0.56–2.64) | 2.1 (1.4–2.8) |
2.0 (1.0–3.0) |
2.4 (1.2–3.6) |
0.83 (0.41–1.69) | 1.6 1.3–1.9) |
1.3 (0.9–1.7) |
1.9 (1.4–2.4) |
0.72 (0.50–1.04) |
| Clinical asthma | 2.2 (1.6–2.8) |
2.5 (1.6–3.5) |
1.8 (1.0–2.6) |
1.43 (0.79–2.60) | 3.7 (2.7–4.7) |
4.0 (2.6–5.4) |
3.9 (2.4–5.4) |
0.93 (0.54–1.60) | 4.1 (3.6–4.6) |
3.5 (2.9–4.1) |
4.7 (4.0–5.4) |
0.77 (0.61–0.98) |
| Wheeze in the last 12 months | 2.7 (2.0–3.4) |
2.9 (1.9–3.9) |
2.6 (1.6–3.6) |
1.12 (0.66–1.88) | 5.5 (4.3–6.7) |
4.7 (3.2–6.2) |
6.7 (4.7–8.7) |
0.69 (0.44–1.08) | 6.7 (6.1–7.3) |
6.3 (5.5–7.1) |
7.1 (6.2–8.0) |
0.84 (0.69–1.01) |
| Allergic rhinitis | 17.3 (15.7–18.9) |
18.7 (16.3–21.1) |
15.9 (13.7–18.1) |
1.22 (0.97–1.52) | 20.4 (18.3–22.5) |
22.2 (19.3–25.1) |
17.7 (14.7-20-7) |
1.34 (1.03–1.74) | 19.7 (18.8–20.6) |
20.8 (19.2–22.1) |
18.4 (17.1–19.7 |
1.20 (1.07–1.35) |
CI- Confidence Interval, OR = Odds ratio
*OR for asthma males versus females