Table 2.

Prevalence of respiratory and allergic outcomes among 303 children from the ISA Population at age 5, Matina County, Costa Rica 2015–2016

Type of outcome	Outcome	N	%
Respiratory	Ever wheeze (symptom of asthma)	97	32
	Current* wheeze (symptom of asthma) †	62	20
	Current symptoms of severe asthma‡	33	11
	Ever doctor-diagnosed asthma†	37	12
	Current dry cough†	118	39
	Ever LRTI	49	16
	Current LRTI†	15	5
Allergic	Ever nasal allergies (allergic rhinitis)	67	22
	Current nasal allergies (allergic rhinitis) †	63	21
	Current allergic rhinoconjunctivitis	42	14
	Ever itchy rash (symptom of eczema)	52	17
	Current itchy rash (symptom of eczema) †	39	13
	Ever doctor-diagnosed eczema†	21	7
	Current medication for eczema	8	3

^*Past 12 months.

^†Selected for epidemiological analysis.

^‡≥4 attacks of wheeze, or >1 night per week sleep disturbance from wheeze, or wheeze affecting speech in the past 12 months.

ISA, Infants’ Environmental Health Study; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection.