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. 2021 Jul;13(7):4574–4588. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-2232

Table 5. Sociodemographic and household variables and nutritional status in relation to boys’ lung function by period.

Variables Period 1 Period 2
FVC (mL) FEV1 (mL) FVC (mL) FEV1 (mL)
Mean (SD) P value Mean (SD) P value Mean (SD) P value Mean (SD) P value
Residential location
   Rural 2,727 (632) <0.001 2,256 (548) <0.001 2,047 (435) 0.025 1,802 (363) 0.665
   Urban 2,468 (566) 2,020 (471) 1,924 (362) 1,802 (312)
ETS
   No 2,358 (568) 0.049 1,929 (499) 0.063 2,037 (460) 0.550 1,808 (374) 0.776
   Yes 2,632 (609) 2,167 (517) 1,994 (393) 1,800 (332)
Sleeping in own room
   Yes 2,904 (696) <0.001 2,398 (598) <0.001 2,073 (438) 0.003 1,943 (386) 0.142
   No 2,507 (559) 2,060 (476) 1,831 (360) 1,769 (334)
Sleeping in own bed
   Yes 2,642 (621) 0.008 2,164 (529) 0.034 2,045 (438) 0.025 1,825 (355) 0.099
   No 2,449 (561) 2,038 (490) 1,933 (358) 1,748 (327)
Kitchen
   Open 2,541 (586) 0.010 2,092 (498) 0.028 2,002 (406) 0.511 1,780 (338) 0.123
   Separated 2,751 (665) 2,257 (577) 2,031 (441) 1,841 (365)
Coal fuel use
   No 2,658 (619) 0.329 2,176 (513) 0.414 2,021 (426) 0.085 1,805 (353) 0.333
   Yes 2,575 (609) 2,121 (523) 1,824 (216) 1,698 (260)
Ventilation use
   No 2,772 (687) 0.047 2,269 (567) 0.106 1,943 (206) 0.756 1,793 (273) 0.983
   Yes 2,564 (596) 2,111 (512) 2,014 (421) 1,802 (350)
Paternal occupation
   Nonmanual laborer 2,709 (674) 0.049 2,210 (563) 0.083 2,102 (450) 0.052 1,873 (373) 0.028
   Manual laborer 2,555 (589) 2,107 (507) 1,985 (405) 1,780 (339)
Maternal occupation
   Nonmanual laborer 2,664 (620) 0.136 2,203 (519) 0.066 2,055 (443) 0.256 1,813 (359) 0.491
   Manual laborer 2,565 (607) 2,106 (520) 1,996 (408) 1,798 (345)
Paternal education
   ~Senior high school 2,750 (839) 0.487 2,253 (660) 0.393 2,022 (432) 0.789 1,794 (358) 0.343
   Senior high school~ 2,578 (592) 2,121 (510) 2,001 (404) 1,812 (338)
Maternal education
   ~Senior high school 2,779 (768) 0.493 2,276 (587) 0.380 2,023 (443) 0.695 1,813 (368) 0.728
   Senior high school~ 2,581 (603) 2,123 (518) 2,003 (395) 1,792 (330
Breast feeding
   No 2,418 (621) <0.001 1,985 (501) 0.004 1,973 (374) 0.367 1,789 (343) 0.800
   Yes 2,630 (602) 2,164 (521) 2,025 (432) 1,806 (351)
Stunting
   No 2,607 (607) 0.002 2,143 (519) 0.005 2,012 (419) NA 1,802 (349) NA
   Yes 2,056 (483) 1,730 (428) NA NA
Obesity
   No 2,580 (616) 0.266 2,120 (523) 0.145 1,944 (374) <0.00 1,754 (322) <0.001
   Overweight 2,803 (513) 2,338 (476) 2,090 (429) 1,854 (353)
   Obesity 2,699 (300) 2,297 (368) 2,224 (504) 1,954 (405)

~Senior high school: below senior high school level; senior high school~: with/above senior high school. NA, no data available, which presents no male children in Period 2 were found stunting; FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in the first second; SD, standard deviation.