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Table 3 Comparison of responses to asthma video questionnaire by secondary school students in Trinidad and Tobago

From: Comparison of prevalence and severity of asthma among adolescents in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago: results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey

 

13–14 yr olds Trinidad % (no.)

13–14 yr olds Tobago % (no.)

Relative Risk** (95% CI)

P value

Wheeze ever

11.32 (395)

17.2 (250)

0.66 (0.57–0.76)

p < 0.0001

Wheeze, 12 mths

7.5 (262)

12.3 (179)

0.61 (0.51–0.73)

p < 0.0001

Wheeze, 1 mth

4.7 (163)

8.7 (126)

0.54 (0.43–0.67)

p < 0.0001

Exercise wheeze ever

21.1 (737)

27.6 (401)

0.76 (0.69–0.85)

p < 0.0001

Exercise wheeze, 12 mt

14.7 (514)

20.2 (293)

0.73 (0.64–0.83)

p < 0.0001

Exercise wheeze, 1 mth

9.1 (316)

14.3 (208)

0.63 (0.54–0.74)

p < 0.0001

Night wheeze ever

7.6 (266)

11.2 (162)

0.68 (0.57–0.82)

p < 0.0001

Night wheeze, 12 mth

3.9 (136)

7.4 (108)

0.52 (0.41–0.67)

p < 0.0001

Night wheeze, 1 mth

2.3 (81)

5.8 (84)

0.40 (0.30–0.54)

p < 0.0001

Night cough ever

24.9 (870)

31.8 (461)

0.78 (0.71–0.86)

p < 0.0001

Night cough, 12 mth

16.0 (558)

21.8 (316)

0.73 (0.65–0.83)

p < 0.0001

Night cough, 1 mth

7.3 (256)

12.9 (187)

0.57 (0.48–0.68)

p < 0.0001

Severe wheeze ever

8.9 (312)

12.6 (183)

0.71 (0.60–0.84)

p = 0.0001

Severe wheeze 12 mth

5.4 (189)

7.9 (114)

0.69 (0.55–0.86)

p = 0.0014

Severe wheeze 1 mth

3.1 (109)

6.0 (87)

0.52 (0.40–0.69)

p < 0.0001

  1. **Relative Risk of symptom prevalence between Trinidad & Tobago. Tobago is the referent island