Table 1.
Variable1 | All participants (669) |
Asthma (n=444) |
no asthma (n=225) |
P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Male sex (%) | 58.4 | 57.4 | 60.4 | 0.50 |
Age at enrollment (median years, IQR) | 6.8 (3.4, 11.0) | 7.9 (5.4, 12.0) | 4.1 (1.9, 8.1) | <.0001 |
SHS exposure (%) | 38.6 | 44.6 | 26.7 | <0.001 |
Household income2 | 0.67 | |||
< $30K (%) | 22.4 | 23.1 | 21.3 | |
$30K - $70K (%) | 28.2 | 29.0 | 26.8 | |
> $70K (%) | 49.3 | 47.9 | 51.9 | |
Daily asthma symptoms (%)3 | NA | 20.2 | NA | |
Ever hospitalized (%)4 | NA | 23.8 | NA |
Categorical variables were presented as %, and p values were obtained by Chi-squared test. Continuous variable Age of enrollment was treated as a continuous variable and was presented as median (IQR). P value for age of enrollment was obtained by Wilcoxon rank sum test.
Missing for 115 participants.
Information about asthma symptom score was available for 301 of the participants with a history of asthma. Daily asthma symptoms were defined as having ever reported having cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and/or chest tightness with a daily frequency.
Information about hospitalization was available for 436 of the participants with a history of asthma.