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 | |||
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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% |