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Table 2 Prevalence of wheeze and self-reported asthma in Bagamoyo and Ilala districts

From: Asthma prevalence, knowledge, and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban coastal districts in Tanzania

District

Sex

 

Bagamoyo (n = 619)

Male n (%)

Female n (%)

P-value

Self-reported asthma

30 (6.4)

11 (7.4)

0.500

Wheeze in the prior 12 months

54 (11.5)

21 (14.2)

0.150

Wheeze in the prior12 months among patients with self-reported asthma

24 (5.1)

8 (5.4)

0.898

Ilala (n = 610)

   

Self-reported asthma

45 (17.6)

59 (16.7)

0.704

Wheeze in the prior 12 months

58 (22.7)

83 (23.5)

0.734

Wheeze in the prior 12 months among patients with self-reported asthma

33 (12.9)

41 (11.6)

0.486