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Table 1 Asthma characteristics at age 10 years in adolescents whose asthma remitted or persisted between 10 and 18 years

From: Pathophysiological characterization of asthma transitions across adolescence

 

Remission % (n/N)

Persistent % (n/N)

Odds ratio

95% Confidence interval

p-value

Frequent wheeze (>4/year)

38 (17/45)

50 (54/108)

0.6

0.3 – 1.2

0.17

Chest sounded wheezy with exercise

57 (32/56)

70 (87/125)

0.6

0.3 – 1.1

0.10

Sleep affected by wheeze

57 (28/49)

48 (52/108)

1.4

0.7 – 3.0

0.30

Sleep affected (≥1/week)

4 (2/49)

16 (17/108)

0.2

0.1 – 0.9

0.04

Wheezing severe enough to limit speech

13 (7/55)

15 (18/122)

0.8

0.3 – 2.1

0.72

Dry cough at night apart from a cold or chest infection

54 (30/56)

65 (80/124)

0.6

0.3 – 1.2

0.16

On current asthma treatment

76 (42/55)

93 (114/123)

0.2

0.1 – 0.6

0.002

On inhaled steroids at age 10

39.3 (22/56)

30.7 (35/114)

0.7

0.4 – 1.3

0.2

Atopy

43 (20/47)

70 (73/104)

0.4

0.2 – 0.8

0.01

Wheeze

89 (50/56)

88 (110/125)

1.1

0.4 – 3.1

0.80

Rhinitis

46 (25/55)

53 (64/121)

0.7

0.4 – 1.4

0.36

  1. Notes:
  2. Figures are percentage (numbers affected / total number). They refer to the previous year apart from atopy, which is defined as any positive skin prick test at 10 year assessment.
  3. Comparisons in this table were made using Pearson’s chi-square test, with two sided significance set at p <0.05.
  4. % (n/N) percentage, where n is the number of participants with the specific symptoms and N is the total number in that group.