Assessing effects of personal behaviors and environmental exposure on asthma episodes: a diary-based approach

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 6 The comparison of baseline characteristics of the 132 participants included for analysis and the others

Baseline characteristics	Minors		Adults
Baseline characteristics	Included	Excluded	Included	Excluded
Sample size	35	35	97	25
Proportion of males	0.66	0.51	0.36	0.36
Average age	12	13	41	42
Proportion of k allergic diseases
k = 1	0.34	0.34	0.51	0.52
k = 2	0.31	0.37	0.35	0.40
k = 3	0.23	0.23	0.09	0.08
k = 4	0.11	0.06	0.05	0.00

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