Table 1:
CCAAPS | GCC | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma (N=48) |
No Asthma (N=311) |
p-value | Asthma (N=99) |
No Asthma (N=539) |
p-value | |
Males, N (%) | 30 (62.5) | 168 (54.0) | 0.27 | 48 (48.5) | 267 (49.5) | 0.93 |
Parental report SHS, N (%) | 24 (50.0) | 102 (32.8) | 0.02 | 20 (20.2) | 108 (20.0) | 1.00 |
% aeroallergen SPT+, N (%) | 30 (79.2) | 239 (77.9) | 0.72 | n/a† | ||
Hair cotinine ng/mg (mean(SD)) | 0.15 (0.21) | 0.08 (0.13) | 0.0006 | n/a † | ||
Age (mean) | 7 | 7 | n/a* | 11.9 | 12.6 ‡ | 0.13 |
All children in the CCAAPS birth cohort are evaluated for asthma at the age 7 clinical exam.
These variables are not available for the GCC.
GCC controls were restricted to those that were ≥7 years of age.