Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and comorbidities in asthmatic patients and control individuals.
| Variables | Patients n = 74 |
Controls n = 65 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 53.5 ± 13.1 | 51.4 ± 12.3 | 0.63 |
| Male gender, n(%) | 19 (26) | 23 (35) | 0.22 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.9 ± 4.6 | 25.9 ± 3.4 | 0.1 |
| Past smoking, n(%) | 13 (18) | 15 (23) | 0.3 |
| Pack-years of smoking, n | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.59 |
| Living primarily in inner-city environments, n(%) | 39 (53) | 38 (58) | 0.57 |
| Internal medicine comorbidities | |||
| Hypertension, n(%) | 34 (46) | 25 (38) | 0.67 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n(%) | 11 (15) | 8 (12) | 0.68 |
| Hypercholesterolemia, n(%) | 21 (28) | 15 (23) | 0.52 |
Categorical variables are presented as n-numbers (percentages); continuous variables are presented as median and interquartile range, or mean and standard deviation, as appropriate.