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Table 1 Distribution of the design variables

From: The impact of asthma, chronic bronchitis and allergic rhinitis on all-cause hospitalizations and limitations in daily activities: a population-based observational study

  

20-44 yrs

45-64 yrs

p-value

N° of eligible subjects*

 

9739

3480

-

N° of responders (response rate, %)

 

5162 (53.0)

2167 (62.3)

<0.001

Season at the time of response, %

Spring

46.2

51.5

<0.001

 

Summer

15.2

8.6

 
 

Autumn

32.0

30.9

 
 

Winter

6.6

9.0

 

Telephone interview, %

 

11.6

9.6

0.012

Females, %

 

53.6

52.1

0.267

  1. *Eligible = initial sample – (dead or moved away from the target area).