Variable | No asthma cases | Asthma cases | |
---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Ever bronchial asthma* | No | 67 (100) | 15 (68.2) |
Yes | 0 (0) | 7 (31.8) | |
Physical examination* | No | 67 (100) | 15 (68.2) |
Yes | 0 (0) | 7 (31.8) | |
Drug treatment* | No | 67 (100) | 15 (68.2) |
Yes | 0 (0) | 7 (31.8) | |
Wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past | No | 62 (92.5) | 12 (54.5) |
Yes | 5 (7.5) | 10 (45.5) | |
Wheezing or whistling in the chest in the past 12 months | No | 61 (91.0) | 15 (68.2) |
Yes | 6 (9.0) | 7 (31.8) | |
Wheezing or whistling associated to cold or respiratory infections | No | 62 (92.5) | 21 (95.5) |
Yes | 5 (7.5) | 1 (4.5) | |
In the past 12 months wheezing severe enough to limit speech to only one or two words at a time between breaths | No | 67 (100) | 21 (95.5) |
Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (4.5) | |
In the past 12 months a dry cough at night apart from a cough associated with a cold or chest infections | No | 65 (98.5) | 7 (31.8) |
Yes | 1 (1.5) | 15 (68.2) | |
Usually dry cough apart from cough associated with a cold or chest infections | No | 57 (87.7) | 11 (50.0) |
Yes | 8 (12.3) | 11 (50.0) | |
Winter affecting cough frequency | No | 61 (91.0) | 18 (81.8) |
Yes | 6 (9.0) | 4 (18.2) | |
Physical examination for cough | No | 59 (88.1) | 13 (59.1) |
Yes | 8 (11.9) | 9 (40.9) | |
Breathing difficulties following physical exercises | No | 59 (90.8) | 16 (72.7) |
(walking/climbing stairs) | Yes | 6 (9.2) | 6 (27.3) |
Snoring during sleep | No | 51 (76.1) | 15 (68.2) |
Yes | 16 (23.9) | 7 (31.8) |