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Table 4 Prevalence and severity of symptoms among children with current wheeze by household fuel status (n = 156)

From: Household biomass fuel use, asthma symptoms severity, and asthma underdiagnosis in rural schoolchildren in Nigeria: a cross-sectional observational study

 

Biomass fuel households (n = 77)

No biomass fuel households (n = 79)

P value

Wheeze frequency, n (%)

  < 4 attacks per week

64 (83.1)

68 (86.1)

0.609

  ≥ 4 attacks per week

13 (16.9)

11 (13.9)

Sleep disturbance due to wheeze, n (%)

  < 1 night of sleep per week

53 (68.8)

58 (73.4)

0.527

  ≥ 1 night of sleep per week

24 (31.2)

21 (26.6)

Difficulty in completing sentence, n (%)

 No speech limitation

49 (63.6)

49 (62.0)

0.835

 Speech limit to 1–2 words per breath

28 (36.4)

30 (38.0)

Symptoms severity categories, n (%)

 Mild/moderate persistent

63 (81.8)

73 (92.4)

0.048

 Severe persistent

14 (18.2)

6 (7.6)

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