Table 1.
Demographic, anthropometric, parental and home environment characteristics and fruit, and cooked and raw vegetable consumption frequency of the participating adolescents according to adolescents’ current asthma status (n = 1934).
| Current Asthma * | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 120) |
No (n = 1814) |
p | |
| Children’s age (years), mean (SD **) | 12.7 (0.59) | 12.7 (0.65) | 0.51 |
| Children’s BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 21.7 (4.4) | 20.9 (3.5) | 0.017 |
| Pet ownership (Yes, n, %) | 39 (32.5) | 524 (28.9) | 0.407 |
| Having an older sibling (Yes, n, %) | 56 (46.7) | 773 (42.6) | 0.388 |
| Parental atopic history (Yes, n, %) | 63 (52.5) | 795 (43.7) | 0.061 |
| Parental ever smoking (Yes, n, %) | 78 (65.0) | 1004 (55.3) | 0.038 |
| Parental education level (Tertiary, n, %) | 75 (62.5) | 1207 (66.5) | 0.374 |
| Cooking with fuels (Yes, n, %) | 58 (48.3) | 935 (51.6) | 0.484 |
| Current exposure to dampness and/or mold (Yes, n, %) | 40 (33.3) | 420 (23.1) | 0.011 |
| Fruit consumption frequency (n, %) | |||
| Most or all days in the past 12 months | 69 (57.5) | 1219 (67.2) | 0.029 |
| Cooked vegetables consumption frequency (n, %) | |||
| Most or all days in the past 12 months | 22 (18.3) | 274 (15.1) | 0.321 |
| Raw vegetables consumption frequency (n, %) | |||
| Most or all days in the past 12 months | 39 (32.5) | 732 (40.4) | 0.089 |
| All vegetables (cooked and raw) consumption frequency (n, %) | |||
| Most or all days in the past 12 months | 22 (18.3) | 261 (14.4) | 0.232 |
| Fruits and all vegetables (cooked and raw) consumption frequency (n, %) | |||
| Most or all days in the past 12 months | 9 (7.5) | 251 (13.8) | 0.030 |
* Current asthma: adolescents reporting having wheezing or whistling in the chest in the past 12 months ** SD: Standard Deviation.