Table 1.
Comparison of demographic, atopic features and wheezing frequency according to asthma outcome
| Non-asthma (n = 17) |
Asthma (n = 26) |
p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex, n(%) | |||
| Male | 7 (63.6) | 21 (73.7) | > 0.05 |
| Female | 4 (36.4) | 6 (22.2) | |
| Age, n(%) | |||
| ≤ 3 years old | 8 (72.7) | 11 (40.7) | > 0.05 |
| 3–5 years old | 3 (27.3) | 16 (59.3) | |
| History of personal allergic diseases, n(%) | 8 (72.7) | 20 (74.7) | > 0.05 |
| History of family allergic diseases, n(%) | 4 (36.4) | 16 (59.3) | > 0.05 |
| sIgE, n(%) | 5 (45.5) | 21 (77.8) | > 0.05 |
| Systemic glucocorticoid, n(%) | 4 (36.4) | 5 (18.5) | > 0.05 |
| Wheezing frequency, n(%) | |||
| <4 | 10 (90.9) | 9 (33.3) | < 0.01 |
| ≥ 4 | 1 (9.1) | 27 (66.7) | < 0.01 |
Allergic disease: AR, AD and asthma; * Pearson Chi-Square test