Table 4 Clinical characteristics of asthma (N = 903)
From: Factors related to under-diagnosis and under-treatment of childhood asthma in metropolitan France
Undiagnosed Asthma N = 377 | Diagnosed Asthma (^) N = 526 | Diagnosed Asthma | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Untreated N = 76 | Treated(§) N = 353 | |||
Asthma severity according to GINA, N (%) | *** | *** | ||
level 1 | 340 (90.19) | 358 (68.06) | 70 (92.11) | 202 (57.22) |
level 2 | 15 (3.98) | 74 (14.07) | 2 (2.93) | 71 (20.11) |
level 3 | 22 (5.85) | 94 (17.87) | 4 (5.26) | 80 (22.66) |
Number of attacks during the last 12 months, N (%) | ** | *** | ||
None | 53 (23.56) | 56 (15.14) | 17 (58.62) | 21 (6.95) |
1 to 3 times | 149 (66.22) | 204 (55.14) | 12 (41.38) | 177 (58.61) |
4 to 12 times | 18 (8.00) | 86 (23.24) | 0 | 81 (26.82) |
More than 12 times | 5 (2.22) | 24 (6.46) | 0 | 23 (7.62) |
Sleep disturbed due to wheezing, N (%) | * | |||
Never | 162 (72.70) | 200 (57.14) | 21 (80.77) | 157 (53.58) |
Less than a night per week | 38 (17.76) | 114 (32.57) | 3 (11.54) | 105 (35.84) |
One or more nights per week | 14 (6.54) | 36 (10.29) | 2 (7.69) | 31 (10.58) |
Asthma attacks, N (%) | *** | |||
1 or more crises per month | 13 (13.13) | 108 (25.71) | 1 (1.64) | 101 (31.08) |
Less than a crisis per month | 24 (24.24) | 107 (25.48) | 5 (8.20) | 100 (30.70) |
Less than a crisis by year | 27 (27.27) | 83 (19.76) | 11 (18.03) | 70 (21.54) |
Attacks have disappeared | 35 (35.35) | 122 (29.05) | 44 (72.13) | 54 (16.62) |
Wheezing ever been severe enough to limit your (child’s) speech in the last 12 months, N (%) | 9 (4.05) | 37 (10.14) | 1 (3.70) | 35 (11.59) |
Wheezing during or after effort in the last 12 months, N (%) | 106 (29.12) | 217 (42.27) | 6 (7.89) | 200 (58.48%)*** |
Hospitalization in the last 12 months, N (%) | 2 (2.06) | 32 (8.94) | 0 | 30 (10.68) |
Missed school days, N (%) | ** | |||
None | 69 (71.13) | 215 (60.91) | 49 (90.74) | 152 (53.71) |
1-5 days | 18 (18.56) | 87 (24.65) | 2 (3.70) | 83 (29.33) |
6-10 days | 6 (6.19) | 36 (10.20) | 3 (5.56) | 33 (11.66) |
More then 11 days | 4 (4.12) | 15 (4.25) | 0 | 15 (5.30) |