Table 2 The status of asthma control drug usage among children in the different age groups, regions and city levels
Age groups | Regions | City levels | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children younger than 3 years old | Preschool children | School-age children | P | East China | Central China | West China | P | 1st Tier | 2nd Tier | 3rd Tier | 4th and 5th Tier | P | |
(N = 439) | (N = 967) | (N = 1062) | (N = 1900) | (N = 223) | (N = 345) | (N = 601) | (N = 1268) | (N = 195) | (N = 314) | ||||
ICS | 346 (78.82%) | 687 (71.04%) | 512 (48.21%) | < .0001 | 1356(71.37%) | 106(47.53%) | 83(24.06%) | < .0001 | 411(68.39%) | 854(67.35%) | 132(67.69%) | 148(47.13%) | < .0001 |
LABA | 181 (41.23%) | 354 (36.61%) | 258 (24.29%) | < .0001 | 731(38.47%) | 25(11.21%) | 37(10.72%) | < .0001 | 301(50.08%) | 405(31.94%) | 51(26.15%) | 36(11.46%) | < .0001 |
ICS + LABAa | 160 (36.45%) | 300 (31.02%) | 198 (18.64%) | < .0001 | 613(32.26%) | 19(53%) | 26(7.54%) | < .0001 | 239(39.77%) | 350(27.60%) | 43(22.05%) | 26(8.28%) | < .0001 |
ICS/LABAb | 0 | 195 (20.17%) | 158 (14.88%) | < .0001 | 180(9.47%) | 3(1.35%) | 5(1.45%) | < .0001 | 75(12.48%) | 66(5.21%) | 36(18.46%) | 11(3.50%) | < .0001 |
LTRA | 195(44.42%) | 558 (57.70%) | 270 (25.42%) | < .0001 | 1141(60.05%) | 37(16.59%) | 47(13.62%) | < .0001 | 359(59.73%) | 693(54.65%) | 101(51.79%) | 72(22.93%) | < .0001 |