“Low responder” | “Responder” | p-value | |
Subjects n | 33 | 26 | |
Initial symptom free days | 19.1±1.7 | 19.5±2.1 | 0.9 |
Initial total PACQLQ | 6.0±0.18 | 5.2±0.18 | 0.01 |
Number of children with worsening of ≥5 symptomatic days | 5±14.7 | 4±14.3 | 0.97 |
Number of children with improvement of ≥5 symptom free days | 9 (30.0) | 10 (40.0) | 0.44 |
Change in symptom free days | 2.3±9.4 | 2.8±11.4 | 0.86 |
Change in PACQLQ | 0.2±0.15 | 1.4±0.72 | 0.001 |
Maternal age | 30.1±5.0 | 28.6±4.9 | 0.31 |
Median deprivation category, mean | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.90 |
Child age | 3.8±1.5 | 3.2±1.7 | 0.24 |
First in birth order | 19 (58) | 11 (42) | 0.24 |
Birth weight kg | 3.3±0.71 | 3.4±0.67 | 0.68 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%)
independent samples t-test
Chi-squared test. PACQLQ: Paediatric Asthma Caregiver's Quality of Life Questionnaire.