Asthma prevalence and risk factors among children and adolescents living around an industrial area: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of children/adolescents (n = 89)

Variable		Non asthma cases	Asthma cases	p-value
		N (%)	N (%)
Gender	Female	33 (49.3)	12 (54.5)	0.667^*
Gender	Male	34 (50.7)	10 (45.5)	0.667^*
Age	≤ 7 years	34 (50.7)	16 (72.7)	0.071^*
Age	> 7 years	33 (49.3)	6 (27.3)	0.071^*
Birth at term	No	5 (7.5)	1 (4.5)	0.999^**
Birth at term	Yes	62 (92.5)	21 (95.5)	0.999^**
Body Mass Index (BMI)	Other	45 (68.2)	8 (36.4)	< 0.001^*
	Overweight (25 kg/m²)	16 (24.2)	4 (18.2)
	Obesity (30 kg/m²)	5 (7.6)	10 (45.4)
Overweight/Obesity	No	45 (68.2)	8 (36.4)	0.008^*
Overweight/Obesity	Yes	21 (31.8)	14 (63.6)	0.008^*
Residence municipality	Other municipality	38 (56.7)	5 (22.7)	0.006^*
Residence municipality	Termoli	29 (43.3)	17 (77.3)	0.006^*
Family size	≤ 3 persons	12 (17.9)	4 (18.2)	0.999^**
Family size	> 3 persons	55 (82.1)	18 (81.8)	0.999^**
Paternal education level	≤ Primary school	24 (40.0)	11 (57.9)	0.309^*
	Secondary school	27 (45.0)	7 (36.8)
	College/University	9 (15.0)	1 (5.3)
Maternal education level	≤ Primary school	24 (35.8)	8 (36.4)	0.501^*
	Secondary school	30 (44.8)	12 (54.5)
	College/University	13 (19.4)	2 (9.1)
Paternal employment status	Unemployed	8 (13.3)	4 (21.1)	0.469^**
Paternal employment status	Employed	52 (86.7)	15 (78.9)	0.469^**
Maternal employment status	Unemployed	4 (6.0)	2 (9.1)	0.634^**
	Employed	63 (94.0)	20 (90.0)

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