Table 3 |
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| Lifetime Prevalence of Asthma Symptoms According to Age, Sex, and City in Colombia (2009–2010, n = 5978) | |||||
| Variable | No. | Yes | %a | 95% CIb | |
| Age, yr | |||||
| 1 - 4 | 466 | 175 | 36.51 | 31.83 | 41.19 |
| 5 – 17 | 1486 | 469 | 30.48 | 24.14 | 36.81 |
| 18 - 59 | 4026 | 780 | 18.83 | 17.52 | 20.14 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 2370 | 584 | 22.85 | 19.95 | 25.75 |
| Female | 3608 | 840 | 23.09 | 20.72 | 25.46 |
| City | |||||
| Barranquilla | 700 | 169 | 22.10 | 18.74 | 25.45 |
| Bogotá | 2392 | 527 | 21.71 | 19.04 | 24.38 |
| Cali | 1021 | 283 | 26.22 | 23.18 | 29.26 |
| Bucaramanga | 453 | 137 | 28.37 | 23.12 | 33.63 |
| San Andrés | 401 | 91 | 23.09 | 17.93 | 28.26 |
| Medellín | 1011 | 217 | 23.13 | 17.10 | 29.16 |
| Overall c | 5978 | 1424 | 22.97 | 21.11 | 24.83 |
a Weighted Percentage (city, age and gender distribution of the general population).
b CI: Confidence Interval.
c Adjusted by age, sex and city.
Dennis et al. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012 12:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2466-12-17
