Table 4 Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms and Other Allergic Conditions According to Education level
From: Prevalence of asthma and other allergic conditions in adults in Khuzestan, southwest Iran, 2018
Asthma symptoms and other allergic conditions | Education level b | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Illiterate | Low | Moderate | High | P-value¥ | |||||
Yes | %a(95% CI) | Yes | %a(95% CI) | Yes | %a(95% CI) | Yes | %a(95% CI) | ||
Asthma-like symptoms | 72 | 23.8(18.3–29.3) | 243 | 15.6(12.0–19.1) | 333 | 16.4(13.4–19.4) | 309 | 22.0(16.5–27.4) | 0.009* |
Wheezing | 46 | 15.1(10.3-20.0) | 175 | 11.2(8.5–14.0) | 231 | 11.4(9.2–13.7) | 219 | 15.7(11.2–20.1) | 0.050 |
Wheezing with shortness of breath | 49 | 16.8(11.9–21.6) | 159 | 10.3(8.3–12.4) | 223 | 11.1(9.1–13.1) | 191 | 13.6(10.0–17.3) | 0.038* |
Wheezing in the absence of a cold | 47 | 16.1(11.2–21.0) | 151 | 9.9(7.9–12.0) | 212 | 10.7(8.6–12.8) | 179 | 12.9(9.8–15.9) | 0.025* |
Waking with tightness in the chest | 54 | 17.8(12.6–22.9) | 164 | 10.5(8.4–12.6) | 219 | 10.7(8.7–12.7) | 182 | 12.8(9.4–16.2) | 0.019* |
Woken by an attack of breathlessness | 49 | 16.1(11.6–20.7) | 137 | 8.8(7.0–10.7) | 193 | 9.4(7.6–11.3) | 146 | 10.2(7.5–12.8) | 0.013* |
Woken by attack of cough | 63 | 20.8(15.5–26.1) | 188 | 12.0(9.2–14.8) | 251 | 12.3(9.9–14.7) | 200 | 13.8(10.5–17.1) | 0.017* |
Current asthma | 35 | 11.6(7.5–15.7) | 124 | 8.0(6.3–9.7) | 154 | 7.6(6.2–9.1) | 145 | 9.9(5.8–14.1) | 0.260 |
Asthma attack | 30 | 9.9(6.1–13.7) | 102 | 6.5(5.0–8.1) | 138 | 6.8(5.5–8.1) | 124 | 8.5(4.4–12.5) | 0.341 |
Medications for asthma | 31 | 10.2(6.5–13.9) | 116 | 7.5(5.8–9.2) | 127 | 6.3(5.0–7.5) | 127 | 8.7(5.0–12.4) | 0.217 |
Physician-confirmed asthma | 28 | 9.3(5.6–13.0) | 100 | 6.5(4.9–8.1) | 114 | 5.6(4.5–6.8) | 101 | 7.0(4.5–9.4) | 0.254 |
Allergic Rhinitis | 78 | 24.8(19.9–29.7) | 430 | 27.4(24.5–30.3) | 525 | 25.6(23.1–28.2) | 428 | 29.7(26.2–33.2) | 0.098 |
Airway hyperresponsiveness | 108 | 34.0(27.6–40.4) | 563 | 35.8(32.2–39.3) | 733 | 35.7(32.1–39.4) | 651 | 45.2(38.8–51.7) | 0.001* |
Eczema | 42 | 13.3(9.2-17.3) | 152 | 9.8(8.0–11.5) | 187 | 9.1(7.4–10.8) | 197 | 13.7(10.7–16.7) | 0.001* |