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. 2021 Aug 21;2021:6671870. doi: 10.1155/2021/6671870

Table 5.

Asthma symptoms in Iranian children and adolescent.

Item Prevalence P value I 2 OR Number of study
Wheezing Children 17% (13–20) <.001 98.65% 0.78 (0.64-0.95) 16
Adolescent 19% (15–23) <.001 99.58% 23
Boy 19% (15–23) <.001 98.83% 0.04 (-0.18-0.26) 16
Girl 18% (15–21) <.001 98.61% 18

Dry cough Children 11% (9–14) <.001 98.47% 0.61 (0.46-0.80) 15
Adolescent 17% (15–20) <.001 98.85% 21
Boy 18% (15–21) <.001 98.03% 0.17 (-0.01-0.35) 14
Girl 15% (12–17) <.001 98.41% 14

Exercise wheezing Children 7% (5–9) <.001 99.03% 0.33 (0.26-0.41) 13
Adolescent 16% (13–19) <.001 98.94% 18
Boy 17% (12–22) <.001 98.73% 4.31 (3.79-4.82) 13
Girl 12% (9–14) <.001 99.55% 13

Wheezing attack Children 13% (9–17) <.001 98.43% 0.82 (0.78-0.86) 5
Adolescent 14% (9–18) <.001 99.25% 7
Boy 15% (7–22) <.001 98.87% 0.15 (0.06-0.24) 4
Girl 14% (7–21) <.001 98.85% 4

Sleep disturbance Children 6% (4–7) <.001 96.28% 1.03 (0.93-1.14) 11
Adolescent 6% (4–7) <.001 98.02% 14
Boy 8% (6–11) <.001 98.02% 0.06 (-0.05-0.18) 7
Girl 7% (5–9) <.001 98.48% 7