Characteristic
|
Patients with asthma
|
Patients without asthma
|
P-Value*
|
---|
|
No. (%) (n = 137)
|
No. (%) (n = 336)
| |
---|
Female
|
81 (59)
|
175/334 (52)
|
0.07
|
Median age in years (range)
|
27 (3 – 80)
|
30 (2 – 87)
|
0.15
|
Age 2–17 years
|
54 (39)
|
100 (30)
|
0.04
|
Age group
| | |
0.08
|
2–9 years
|
28 (20)
|
54 (16)
|
0.26
|
10–17 years
|
26 (19)
|
46 (14)
|
0.15
|
18–49 years
|
58 (42)
|
160 (48)
|
0.30
|
≥50 years
|
25(18)
|
76 (23)
|
0.29
|
Race and ethnicity
| | |
0.17
|
Non-Hispanic White
|
47 (34)
|
137 (41)
|
0.19
|
Black
|
40 (29)
|
60 (18)
|
<0.01
|
Hispanic
|
28 (20)
|
78 (23)
|
0.51
|
Unspecified
|
15 (11)
|
40 (12)
|
0.77
|
Other†
|
7 (4)
|
18 (5)
|
0.91
|
- *P-Values stratified by age-group.
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†Other race and ethnicity includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native and Multiracial.