Table 1 Characteristics of women with worsened asthma and women with not worsened asthma during pregnancy
From: The course of asthma during pregnancy in a recent, multicase–control study on respiratory health
Characteristics | “Not worsened” asthmatics (n = 69) | “Worsened” asthmatics (n = 16) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Smoking status, n (%) | |||
Current smoker | 13 (18.8) | 3 (18.8) | 1.0 |
Former/never smoker | 56 (81.2) | 13 (81.2) | |
BMI category (kg/m2), n (%) | |||
< 18.5 | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.710 |
18.5–24 | 44 (65.7) | 12 (75.0) | |
25–29 | 14 (2.9) | 4 (25.0) | |
> 30 | 6 (8.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Asthmatic treatment adherence category, n (%) | |||
Null/poor | 7 (19.0) | 1 (7.7) | 0.662 |
High/moderate | 30 (81.4) | 12 (92.3) | |
Age of asthma onset (year), mean ± SD | |||
13.3 ± 10.2 | 18.2 ± 9.5 | 0.09 | |
Allergic rhinitis, n (%) | |||
No | 14 (21.5) | 3 (20.0) | 0.602 |
Yes | 51 (78.5) | 12 (80.0) | |
Atopy, n (%) | |||
No | 10 (15.4) | 2 (13.0) | 0.602 |
Yes | 55 (84.6) | 13 (87.0) | |
Starting age of anti-asthmatic drug use (year), mean ± SD | |||
22.3 ± 15 | 19.3 ± 10.0 | 0.553 | |
Starting age of ICS use (year), mean ± SD | |||
30.3 ± 12 | 19 ± 1.4 | 0.2465 | |
Regular ICS use, n (%) | |||
No | 49 (71.0) | 7 (44.0) | 0.046 |
Yes | 20 (29.0) | 9 (56.0) | |