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Table 4 Demographic characteristics of patients grouped as self-reported good asthma control or self-perceived poor control

From: Perception of asthma control among asthmatics seen inChest Clinic at Tertiary Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variable

 

Self-reported good asthma control (n = 151)

Self-perceived poor asthma control (n = 31)

P value

Adjusted P value

OR

Age(yr), Mean(SD)

 

51.6(12.4)

52.3(10.55)

0.76

 

0.31(0.05–4.03)

Female(%)

 

106(70.2)

18(58.1)

0.19

 

0.59(0.27–1.30)

Duration of Asthma (yr), Mean(SD)

 

19.6(11.6)

18.2(17.5)

0.57

 

0.57(0.35–6.42)

Level of education (%)

Illiterate

37(24.5)

12(38.7)

0.11

 

1.95(0.86–4.38)

Literate

114(75.5)

19(61.3)

Smoking

Yes

15(9.9)

3(9.7)

0.97

 

0.97 (0.26–3.58)

No

136(90.1)

28(90.3)

Biomass use for cooking

Yes

51(34.9)

15(51.7)

0.09

0.34

0.62 (0.23–1.65)

No

95(65.1)

14(48.3)