Asthma symptoms | Girl (n = 3355) | Boy (n = 3989) | P-Valueb | ||
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Ever had wheezing | 3.6 | 6.0 | < 0.001c | ||
Wheezing in the last 12 months(current wheeze) | 2.8 | 4.9 | < 0.001c | ||
Number of attacks of wheezing in the last 12 months | None | 0.0 | 0.2 | < 0.001 c | |
1–3 times | 1.8 | 3.7 | |||
4–12 times | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||
> 12 times | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
Sleep disturbance due to wheezing in the last 12 months | None | 1.0 | 1.8 | < 0.001 c | |
< Once/week | 1.1 | 2.2 | |||
> Once/week | 0.7 | 0.9 | |||
Wheezing limited speech to 1 or 2 words | 1.0 | 1.5 | < 0.001 c | ||
Asthma ever | 2.0 | 2.7 | < 0.001 c | ||
Wheezing occurring during or after exercise | 2.1 | 3.6 | < 0.001 c | ||
Dry night cough at night unrelated to cold/chest infection | 3.9 | 5.8 | < 0.001 c | ||
Rhinitis ever | 3.8 | 6.3 | < 0.001 c | ||
Rhinitis in the last 12 months | 3.4 | 5.5 | < 0.001 c | ||
Burning, itchy, watery eyes | 2.5 | 3.6 | < 0.001 c | ||
Rhinitis affected daily activities | Not at all | 0.6 | 1.1 | < 0.001 c | |
A little | 1.5 | 2.7 | |||
Moderate | 1.1 | 1.1 | |||
A lot | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||
Ever had hay fever | 3.0 | 3.9 | < 0.001 c | ||
Itchy rash ever | 1.1 | 0.9 | < 0.001 c | ||
itchy rash in the last 12 months | 0.9 | 0.8 | < 0.001 c | ||
Flexural rash | 0.7 | 0.7 | < 0.001 c | ||
Rash cleared completely | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.027 c | ||
Child awakened by itchy rash in the last 12 months | Not at all | 0.4 | 0.5 | < 0.001 c | |
< Once/week | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||
> Once/week | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Eczema ever | 1.0 | 0.8 | < 0.001 c |