Table 1 General characteristics of the subjects according to asthma
Variables | Â | Asthma confirmed by a doctor | Â | p-value | Â | Use of asthma medication | Â | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Without (n=7343) | Â | With (n=324) | Â | Â | Without (n=7476) | Â | With (n=191) | Â | ||
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | Â | 3226 (43.93) | Â | 188 (58.02) | Â | <0.001 | Â | 3296 (44.09) | Â | 118 (61.7) | Â | <0.001 |
Female | Â | 4117 (56.07) | Â | 136 (41.98) | Â | Â | 4180 (55.9) | Â | 73 (38.2) | Â | ||
Age (years) |  | 10.9±3.37 |  | 11.7±2.94 |  | <0.001 |  | 10.9±3.36 |  | 11.3±3.16 |  | 0.05 |
BMI (kg/m2) |  | 18.9±10.4 |  | 19.1±4.18 |  | 0.35 |  | 18.97±10.3 |  | 18.73±3.97 |  | 0.37 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.13 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
Kord | Â | 38 (0.52) | Â | 5 (1.54) | Â | Â | 38 (0.51) | Â | 5 (2.62) | Â | ||
Turk | Â | 73 (0.99) | Â | 2 (0.62) | Â | Â | 74 (0.99) | Â | 1 (0.52) | Â | ||
Persian | Â | 7064 (96.2) | Â | 311 (95.9) | Â | Â | 7192 (96.2) | Â | 183 (95.8) | Â | ||
Lor | Â | 62 (0.84) | Â | 4 (1.2) | Â | Â | 64 (0.86) | Â | 2 (1.05) | Â | ||
Arab | Â | 55 (0.75) | Â | 1 (0.31) | Â | Â | 56 (0.75) | Â | 0 (0.0) | Â | ||
Balooch | Â | 51 (0.69) | Â | 1 (0.31) | Â | Â | 52 (0.70) | Â | 0 (0.0) | Â | ||
Physical activity (watch TV and computer use) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.38 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.29 |
2–4 h |  | 3945 (53.7) |  | 163 (50.3) |  |  | 4016 (53.7) |  | 92 (48.1) |  | ||
5–8 h |  | 2463 (33.5) |  | 103 (34.8) |  |  | 2506 (33.5) |  | 70 (36.6) |  | ||
9–14 h |  | 935 (12.7) |  | 48 (14.8) |  |  | 954 (12.7) |  | 29 (15.1) |  | ||