TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics for asthma and physical health variables between participants and non-participants of the asthma group.
| Asthma/health characteristic | Participants (n = 187) | Non-participants (n = 108) | p-Value |
| Age, at infant birth | |||
| Mean (SD) | 30.35 (5.09) | 29.89 (5.64) | 0.477 |
| Range | 20.05–43.94 | 18.52–41.93 | |
| Parity, n (%) | |||
| 1 child | 92 (49.2) | 61 (56.5) | 0.238 |
| 2 children | 55 (29.4) | 22 (20.4) | |
| ≥3 children | 39 (20.9) | 21 (19.4) | |
| Unspecifieda | 1 (0.5) | 4 (3.7) | |
| Body mass index | |||
| Mean (SD) | 30.87 (8.05) | 31.18 (8.82) | 0.759 |
| Range | 19.2–51.4 | 20.1–61.0 | |
| Underweight | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.893 |
| Healthy | 48 (25.7) | 30 (27.8) | |
| Overweight | 56 (29.9) | 30 (27.8) | |
| Obese | 81 (43.3) | 47 (43.5) | |
| Unknowna | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||
| Never | 107 (57.2) | 60 (55.6) | 0.952 |
| Ex-smoker | 61 (32.6) | 37 (34.3) | |
| Current smoker | 18 (9.6) | 10 (9.3) | |
| Unspecifieda | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Asthma severity, n (%) | |||
| Mild | 111 (59.4) | 69 (63.9) | 0.756 |
| Moderate | 27 (14.4) | 15 (13.9) | |
| Severe | 46 (24.6) | 23 (21.3) | |
| Unknowna | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Asthma control, n (%) | |||
| Well-controlled | 38 (20.3) | 15 (13.9) | 0.297 |
| Partly controlled | 85 (45.5) | 49 (45.4) | |
| Uncontrolled | 62 (33.2) | 43 (39.8) | |
| Unknowna | 2 (1.1) | 1 (0.9) | |
| ICS use, as asthma preventor treatmentb, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 82 (43.9) | 45 (41.7) | 0.677 |
| No | 102 (54.5) | 62 (57.4) | |
| Unspecifieda | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) |
t- and Chi-squared-tests were used to determine significant differences between the two groups, and p-values are reported here.
aThis information was not collected at baseline because mothers either did not attend their appointment or they did not specify the information during their appointment.
bFrequencies/percentages do not add up to total sample size/100% as they are not mutually exclusive.