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. 2020 Feb;74(1):19–23. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2020.74.19-23

Table 1. Analysis of adolescents related to problems with wheezing/whistling in the chest by gender. *significant for p<0.05.

Questions Gender (N=1200) p
Male Female Total
Have you ever had wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past?
Yes N 80 73 153 Pearson Chi-square: 0.0435; df=1; p=0.8347
% 12.94% 12.54% 12.75%
No N 538 509 1047
% 87.06% 87.46% 87.25%
Have you had wheezing or whistling in the chest in the past 12 months?
Yes N 44 33 77 Pearson Chi-square: 1.0489; df=1; p=0.3058
% 7.12% 5.67% 6.42%
No N 574 549 1123
% 92.88% 94.33% 93.58%
Has your sleep been disturbed due to wheezing in the past 12 months?
Yes N 14 20 34 Pearson Chi-square: 1.4930; df=1; p=0.2217
% 2.27% 3.44% 2.83%
No N 604 562 1166
% 97.73% 96.56% 97.17%
In the past 12 months, has wheezing ever been severe enough to limit your speech to only one or two words at a time between breaths?
Yes N 12 12 24 Pearson Chi-square: 0.0221; df=1; p=0.8819
% 1.94% 2.06% 2%
No N 606 570 1176
% 98.06% 97.94% 98%