Table 3 |
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| The association between asthma-related ED visits and demographic and clinical characteristics (N = 441) | ||||
| Variable | Levels | < 3 visits | ≥ 3 visits | p-value |
| (n = 276) | (n = 165) | |||
| Gender | % Male | 63.8 | 36.2 | 0.6721 |
| Female | 61.8 | 38.2 | ||
| Regular ICS use | Yes | 65.6 | 34.4 | 0.1880 |
| No | 59.6 | 40.4 | ||
| Follow up with clinics | Yes | 61.4 | 38.6 | 0.4688 |
| No | 64.8 | 35.2 | ||
| Education level | High school or less | 64.8 | 35.2 | 0.0133* |
| University | 48.4 | 51.6 | ||
| Educated about medication | Yes | 64.5 | 35.5 | 0.3498 |
| No | 60.1 | 39.9 | ||
| Educated about asthma | Yes | 68.5 | 31.5 | 0.0145* |
| No | 57.3 | 42.7 | ||
| ACT | Not controlled | 47.6 | 52.4 | 0.0003* |
| Partially/Full controlled | 67.1 | 32.9 | ||
*The Chi-square statistic is significant at the .05 level.╦All percentage rounded to one decimal.
AL-Jahdali et al. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012 12:80 doi:10.1186/1471-2466-12-80
