Item | N (%) |
---|---|
Age (Mean ± SD) | 36.05 ± 12.9 (range 12–78 years) |
Gender | |
 Male | 106 (40.2) |
 Female | 158 (59.8) |
Comorbidities | |
 Nasal allergy | 176 (66.7) |
 Food allergy | 33 (12.5) |
 Diabetes | 21 (8) |
 Hypertension | 19 (7.2) |
 Medication allergy | 17 (6.4) |
 Others | 33 (12.5) |
Smoking | |
 Current smoker | 21 (8) |
 Former smoker | 35 (13.3) |
 Never smoked | 208 (78.8) |
Exposure to passive smoke | 85 (32.2) |
Exposure to home allergen | 150 (56.8) |
Pet exposure at home | 58 (22) |
Mold exposure at home | 24 (9.1) |
Mold exposure at home | 24 (9.1) |
Pattern of symptoms | |
 Seasonal | 124 (47) |
 All year long | 43 (16.3) |
 All year long, with seasonal worsening | 97 (36.7) |
Frequency of symptoms | |
 Twice or less weekly | 90 (34.1) |
 3–6 times weekly | 56 (21.2) |
 Once a day | 47 (17.8) |
 Throughout the day | 71 (26.9) |
Worsened symptoms | |
 Outdoors | 37 (14) |
 Indoors | 70 (26.5) |
 No difference | 157 (59.5) |
Presenting symptoms | |
 Shortness of breath | 190 (72) |
 Wheezes | 103 (39) |
 Chronic cough | 80(30.3) |
 Chest tightness | 68 (25.8) |
Asthma control test | |
 Poorly controlled | 183 (69.3) |
 Controlled | 67 (25.4) |
 Completely controlled | 14 (5.3) |
Duration of bronchial asthma illness (mean ± SD in years) | 12.66 ± 11.78 (0.1–58) |