Skip to main content

Table 1 Prevalence of allergic rhinitis, respiratory symptoms and asthma treatment by population group and sports category

From: Self-reported asthma and allergies in top athletes compared to the general population - results of the German part of the GA2LEN-Olympic study 2008

Variable N (%)

General population

Top athletes

Endurance

Motor Skills

Team Sports

Others

 

N = 2425

N = 291

N = 140

N = 28

N = 72

N = 51

Age (< 32 years)

1110 (45.8)

248 (85.2)*

122 (85.7)

18 (64.3)

67 (93.1)

40 (78.4)

Education

(> = 12 years of schooling)

608 (25.1)

232 (79.7)*

112 (80.1)

17 (60.7)

63 (87.5)

39 (76.5)

Smoking (never)

1001 (41.3)

247 (86.1)*

126 (92.0)

19 (67.9)

63 (90.0)

38 (74.5)

Allergic rhinitis (ever)

409 (16.9)

71 (25.4)*

34 (24.3)

4 (14.2)

18 (25.0)

15 (29.4)

Current wheeze

322 (13.3)

34 (12.0)

23 (16.4)

1 (3.6)

5 (6.9)

4 (7.8)

Doctor's diagnosed asthma (ever)

174 (7.2)

47 (16.6)*

30 (21.4)

2 (7.1)

9 (12.5)

5 (9.8)

Current use of asthma medication

94 (3.9)

27 (9.5)*

17 (12.1)

1 (3.6)

8 (11.1)

3 (5.9)

Current wheeze or use of asthma medication

348 (14.4)

44 (15.6)

29 (20.7)

2 (7.1)

6 (8.3)

4 (7.8)

  1. *pChi²< 0.05