Adolescent’s asthmatic history (Ever had asthma) | p> | Adolescent’s wheezing or whilst in the past 12 months (Current asthma) | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
N | - | |||||
Boys (n, %) | 96 (10.4) | 825 (89.6) | 0.024 | 59 (49.2) | 862 (47.5) | 0.726 |
Adolescents’ age (years), mean (SD)*** | 12.8 (0.6) | 12.7 (0.6) | 0.345 | 12.7 (0.5) | 12.8 (0.7) | 0.785 |
Adolescents’ BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)*** | 22.3 (4.4) | 20.9 (3.4) | < 0.001 | 21.8 (4.4) | 22.4 (4.0) | 0.183 |
Ever had allergic rhinitis (children) (Yes, n, %) | 95 (55.2) | 472 (26.8) | < 0.001 | 59 (49.2) | 508 (28.0) | < 0.001 |
Ever had eczema (children) (Yes, n, %) | 40 (23.3) | 196 (11.1) | < 0.001 | 24 (20.0) | 212 (11.7) | 0.007 |
Pet ownership (Yes, n, %) | 120 (8.8) | 1250 (91.2) | 0.833 | 64 (53.3) | 1040 (57.4) | 0.388 |
Having an older sibling (Yes, n, %) | 75 (9.0) | 754 (91.0) | 0.842 | 56 (46.7) | 773 (42.6) | 0.389 |
Parental age (years), mean (SD) | 46.3 (5.1) | 46.4 (5.3) | 0.0871 | 46.6 (6.3) | 46.5 (5.2) | 0.494 |
Parental atopic history (Yes, n, %) | 46 (12.2) | 331 (87.8) | 0.012 | 57 (47.5) | 1023 (56.3) | 0.061 |
Parental ever smoking (Yes, n, %) | 108 (10.0) | 972 (90.0) | 0.057 | 42 (35.0) | 812 (44.7) | 0.038 |
Parental educational level (Yes, n, %) | ||||||
Primary / secondary* | 602 (92.3) | 50 (7.7) | 0.174 | 45 (37.5) | 609 (33.5) | 0.374 |
Tertiary** | 1160(90.5) | 122 (9.5) | 75 (62.5) | 1207 (66.5) | ||
Cooking with fuels (Yes, n, %) | 95 (10.1) | 842 (89.9) | 0.069 | 62 (51.7) | 773 (42.6) | 0.289 |
Current exposure to dampness and/or mould (Yes, n, %) | 58 (12.6) | 402 (87.4) | 0.001 | 80 (66.7) | 1397 (76.9) | 0.011 |
Exposure to dampness and/or mould during pregnancy (Yes, n, %) | 11 (7.9) | 128 (92.1) | 0.672 | 10 (8.3) | 129 (7.1) | 0.612 |
Exposure to dampness and/or mould during the 1st year (Yes, n, %) | 26 (11.4) | 203 (88.6) | 0.164 | 20 (16.7) | 210 (11.6) | 0.094 |