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Table 5 Comparison of responses to asthma video questionnaire by secondary school students of different ethnic groups in Trinidad

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 in Trinidad of African ethnicity % (no.)

13–14 yr olds in Trinidad of South Asian ethnicity % (no.)

13–14 yr olds in Trinidad of Mixed ethnicity % (no.)

Wheeze ever

12 (97)

7.8 (98)* ^

14.5 (175)

Exercise wheeze ever

23 (185)

18.5 (233)**!

23.6 (284)

Night wheeze ever

9.8 (78)

4.5 (59)#!

9.1 (109)

Night cough ever

31.1 (247)

16.5 (207)#!

30.3 (360)

Severe wheeze ever

8.8 (70)

6.6 (83)!

11.5 (137)

  1. Comparison of African and South Asian, * = p < 0.01; ** ; ** = p < 0.05; # = p < 0.0001
  2. Comparison of Mixed and South Asian, ^ = p < 0.0001; ! = p < 0.001