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Table 1 Study Characteristics

From: Role of exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of atopy

Variable

Children with FeNO and atopy data

Children with incomplete data

P

Sample size

1199

242

 

Male, % (n)

52% (622)

52% (125)

0.95

Age, mean (range)

14.9 (12.2-16.6)

14.8 (13.3-16.5)

0.43

Height in cm, mean (SD)

158.5 (8.2)

156.9 (7.4)

0.05

Current Asthma, % (n)

7% (89)

7.0% (17)

0.83

Allergic rhinitis, % (n)

17% (201)

21% (51)

0.11

Rural, % (n)

52% (625)

38% (91)

0.001

BMI, mean (range)

21.1 (13.9 – 39.2)

21.8 (15.1 – 36.6)

0.06

Secondhand smoke, % (n)

19% (232)

19% (46)

0.91

History of tobacco use, % (n)

5% (54)

4% (4)

0.59