From: Clinically diagnosed childhood asthma and follow-up of symptoms in a Swedish case control study
Case (n = 158) | Control (n = 171) | ||||
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n | % | n | % | p-value | |
Asthma | |||||
No | 96 | 60.7 | 126 | 73.6 | 0.007 |
Father | 12 | 7.6 | 7 | 4.1 | |
Mother | 12 | 7.6 | 7 | 4.1 | |
More than one in the family | 18 | 11.4 | 5 | 2.9 | |
Sibling | 20 | 12.6 | 26 | 15.2 | |
Allergic rhinitis | |||||
No | 67 | 42.4 | 91 | 53.2 | 0.10 |
Father | 16 | 10.1 | 20 | 11.7 | |
Mother | 29 | 18.4 | 17 | 9.9 | |
More than one in the family | 34 | 21.5 | 28 | 16.3 | |
Sibling | 12 | 7.6 | 15 | 8.8 | |
Eczema as a Child | |||||
No | 80 | 50.6 | 87 | 50.8 | 0.97 |
Father | 8 | 5.0 | 6 | 2.9 | |
Mother | 15 | 9.5 | 17 | 9.9 | |
More than one in the family | 22 | 13.9 | 25 | 14.6 | |
Sibling | 33 | 20.8 | 36 | 21.0 |