Table 1 Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of asthmatic and non-asthmatic women (percentages or means ± standard deviation)
From: Quality of life and asthma control in pregnant women with asthma
Variable | Non-asthmatic women (n = 1569) | Asthmatic women (n = 34) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 27.3 ± 5.9 | 31.0 ± 6.4 | 0.0011 |
Education | |||
Illiterate | 1.6% | 5.9% | 0.0292 |
Elementary | 19.7% | 29.4% | |
Pre-high school | 21.4% | 29.4% | |
high school/college | 57.3% | 35.3% | |
Employed | 5.5% | 8.8% | 0.4353 |
Ethnicity | |||
Farsi | 84.3% | 55.9% | < 0.0012 |
Turk | 14.2% | 44.1% | |
Other | 1.5% | 0% | |
Living in | |||
City | 68.5% | 47.1% | 0.0143 |
Village | 31.5% | 52.9% | |
Family history of asthma | 1.0% | 26.5% | < 0.0013 |
Any allergy | 12.7% | 94.1% | < 0.0013 |
Previous stillbirth(s) | 1.6% | 2.9% | 0.4303 |
Previous abortion(s) | 21.5% | 38.2% | 0.0333 |
Parity | |||
1st | 40.7% | 26.5% | 0.0172 |
2nd | 37.4% | 29.4% | |
3rd | 17.3% | 32.4% | |
> 3rd | 4.5% | 11.8% | |
Weight gain (kg) | 12.1 ± 4.4 | 12.6 ± 5.7 | 0.8661 |
Gestational age at delivery(weeks) | 38.9 ± 1.9 | 39.4 ± 1.2 | 0.3391 |