Table 4 Clinical characteristics, control and severity in current asthmatics with and without allergic rhinitis (AR)
From: The impact of allergic rhinitis on the management of asthma in a working population
Current asthmatics with current AR | Current asthmatics with previous AR | Current asthmatics without AR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 95) | (N = 176) | (N = 103) | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | P value | |
Nocturnal symptoms in the previous 3 months | ns | ||||||
No symptoms or <2 times a month | 76 | 83.5 | 132 | 82.5 | 74 | 84.1 | |
≥ 2 times a month but < once a week | 8 | 8.8 | 16 | 10.0 | 5 | 5.7 | |
> once a week | 7 | 7.7 | 12 | 7.5 | 9 | 10.2 | |
Diurnal symptoms in the previous 3 months | ns | ||||||
No symptoms or < once a week | 60 | 65.9 | 122 | 76.2 | 63 | 71.6 | |
≥ once a week but < once a day | 23 | 25.3 | 28 | 17.5 | 18 | 20.4 | |
≥ once a day | 8 | 8.8 | 10 | 6.3 | 7 | 8.0 | |
At least one asthma attack in the previous year | 74 | 77.9 | 110 | 62.5 | 53 | 60.2 | <0.001 |
Absenteeism in the previous 3 months | 4 | 4.5 | 6 | 4.0 | 7 | 8.5 | ns |
Severity | ns | ||||||
Intermittent | 13 | 13.7 | 40 | 22.7 | 18 | 17.5 | |
Mild-persistent | 42 | 44.2 | 76 | 43.2 | 46 | 44.7 | |
Moderate | 10 | 10.5 | 12 | 6.8 | 12 | 11.6 | |
Severe-persistent | 30 | 31.6 | 48 | 27.3 | 27 | 26.2 | |
Control | ns | ||||||
Controlled | 28 | 31.2 | 64 | 40.5 | 35 | 40.2 | |
Partly controlled | 49 | 54.4 | 76 | 48.1 | 40 | 46.0 | |
Uncontrolled | 13 | 14.4 | 18 | 11.4 | 12 | 13.8 | |