Table 8 Early life events in the studied population-based sample and in asthmatics
From: Factors related to under-diagnosis and under-treatment of childhood asthma in metropolitan France
Entire sample N = 7,781 | Asthmatics N = 903 | Undiagnosed Asthma N = 377 | Diagnosed Asthma N = 526 | Diagnosed Asthma | p-value§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Untreated N = 76 | Treated N = 353 | ||||||
Birth weight, N (%) | NS | ||||||
<2.5 kg | 402 (6.16) | 61 (7.61) | 29 (8.81) | 32 (6.77) | 2 (2.90) | 22 (6.94) | |
2.5 kg −3.5 kg | 4,191 (64.25) | 512 (63.84) | 224 (68.09) | 288 (60.89) | 44 (63.77) | 192 (60.57) | |
3.5 kg< | 1,930 (29.59) | 229 (28.55) | 76 (23.10) | 153 (32.35) | 23 (33.33) | 103 (32.49) | |
Pre-term birth, N (%) | 4,829 (25.88) | 264 (32.51) | 117 (35.35) | 147 (30.56) | 24 (31.58) | 93 (26.35) | NS |
Breast-fed child, N (%) | 3,709 (54.36) | 460 (53.74) | 197 (56.29) | 263 (51.98) | 33 (45.21) | 186 (55.36) | 0.1150 |