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Table 2 Characteristics of children by group at the baseline visit

From: Assessing repeatability and reproducibility of Anterior Active Rhinomanometry (AAR) in children

 

HC

NAR

PAR

SAR-O

SAR-D

All

p-value*

n

10

10

10

10

10

50

 

Female

6 (60.00)

5 (50.00)

4 (40.00)

4 (40.00)

5 (50.00)

24 (48.00)

0.891

Age, years

11.30 ± 1.64

12.20 ± 1.14

12.00 ± 2.31

11.30 ± 1.49

12.00 ± 1.70

11.76 ± 1.67

0.486

Weight, Kg

56.20 ± 28.67

52.10 ± 11.72

50.90 ± 12.71

44.90 ± 7.48

44.90 ± 7.94

49.80 ± 15.72

0.490

Height, cm

155.15 ± 14.63

155.90 ± 9.62

154.50 ± 15.44

146.40 ± 7.90

151.45 ± 10.87

152.68 ± 12.07

0.375

BMI, Kg/m2

22.27 ± 6.34

21.22 ± 3.33

21.07 ± 2.70

20.83 ± 1.95

19.43 ± 1.11

20.97 ± 3.54

0.325

Parental history of rhinitis

4 (40.00)

4 (40.00)

6 (60.00)

5 (50.00)

7 (70.00)

26 (52.00)

0.605

Parental history of asthma

1 (10.00)

0 (0.00)

2 (20.00)

0 (0.00)

1 (10.00)

4 (8.00)

0.433

Parental smoking exposure#

3 (30.00)

5 (50.00)

2 (20.00)

0 (0.00)

3 (30.00)

13 (26.00)

0.143

Current symptoms of rhinitis**

6 (60.00)

8 (80.00)

9 (90.00)

10 (100.00)

10 (100.00)

43 (86.00)

0.054

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD for quantitative variables, n (%) for categorical variables. *Kruskal-Wallis test for quantitative variables, χ2 test for categorical variables. #last 12 months; **ISAAC core question for rhinitis, n. 2: “In the past 12 months, has your child had a problem with sneezing, or a runny nose, or blocked nose when he/she did not have a cold or the flu? Yes/No″