Table 4.

test of association between the QoL and asthma severity, control, socio-economic class and gender to determine the factors associated with quality of life

Variable	QOL scores					Mean QoL	Chi squared	df	P-value
	3.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	7.0
Asthma control							35.71	1	<0.001*
Controlled	0	0	0	9	18	6.67
Not controlled	1	6	12	0	0	4.57
Asthma severity							33.91	1	<0.001*
Intermittent	0	0	1	9	18	6.61
Mild persistent	0	3	10	0	0	4.77
Moderate persistent	1	3	1	0	0	4.00
Social class							10.93	1	0.001*
One	0	3	5	0	1
Two	1	3	7	4	10
Three	0	0	0	5	7
Gender							2.426	1	0.119
Male	0	2	8	3	3
Female	1	4	4	6	15

None of the patients was in social class 4 and 5; *P value significant at £ 0.05