Table 5 Symptoms (A. to J. as in Table 3) among potentially new asthmacases in comparison with previously identified asthma cases and controls.
From: Clinically diagnosed childhood asthma and follow-up of symptoms in a Swedish case control study
New asthma cases" (n = 8) | Asthma cases (n = 158) | Controls (n = 163) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | p-value | ||
A. | Yes | 8 | 100.0 | 117 | 73.6 | 33 | 20.1 | <0.0001 |
B. | Yes | 4 | 50.0 | 42 | 26.4 | 7 | 4.3 | <0.0001 |
C. | Yes, 1 or more | 4 | 50.0 | 45 | 28.3 | 7 | 4.2 | <0.0001 |
D. | Yes | 3 | 37.5 | 21 | 13.2 | 5 | 3.0 | <0.0001 |
E. | Yes | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 3.1 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.09 |
F. | Yes | 4 | 50.0 | 42 | 26.4 | 6 | 3.7 | <0.0001 |
G. | Yes | 2 | 25.0 | 53 | 33.3 | 17 | 10.4 | <0.0001 |
H. | Yes | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 6.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.03 |
I. | Yes | 4 | 50.0 | 70 | 44.0 | 34 | 20.7 | <0.0001 |
J. | Yes | 1 | 12.5 | 49 | 30.8 | 34 | 20.7 | 0.08 |