Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to asthma
Characteristics | No asthma | Asthma | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of participants | 35,237 | 5220 | |
Age (years) | 61.43 ± 12.60 | 59.92 ± 11.99 | < 0.001 |
Gender | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 16,305 (46.27%) | 1856 (35.56%) | |
Female | 18,932 (53.73%) | 3364 (64.44%) | |
Ethnicity | 0.006 | ||
Non-hispanic | 31,883 (90.48%) | 4785 (91.67%) | |
Hispanic | 3354 (9.52%) | 435 (8.33%) | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||
≤ High school | 12,808 (36.49%) | 1728 (33.21%) | |
> High school | 22,293 (63.51%) | 3475 (66.79%) | |
Marriage status | < 0.001 | ||
Married/Living with partner | 18,717 (53.23%) | 2504 (48.13%) | |
Widowed/Divorced/ Separated/Never married | 16,446 (46.77%) | 2699 (51.87%) | |
High cholesterol | < 0.001 | ||
No | 20,663 (58.83%) | 2755 (52.97%) | |
Yes | 14,458 (41.17%) | 2446 (47.03%) | |
Diabetes | < 0.001 | ||
No | 29,124 (82.72%) | 3937 (75.45%) | |
Yes | 6084 (17.28%) | 1281 (24.55%) | |
Hypertension | < 0.001 | ||
No | 19,028 (54.07%) | 2317 (44.44%) | |
Yes | 16,162 (45.93%) | 2897 (55.56%) | |
Smoking status | < 0.001 | ||
Current/ former | 15,729 (44.81%) | 2583 (49.63%) | |
Never | 19,374 (55.19%) | 2621 (50.37%) | |
Alcohol consumption | < 0.001 | ||
Lifetime abstainer | 6157 (17.74%) | 803 (15.56%) | |
Former drinker | 6492 (18.70%) | 1180 (22.86%) | |
Current drinker | 22,066 (63.56%) | 3178 (61.58%) | |
Cataract | < 0.001 | ||
No | 26,122 (74.13%) | 3685 (70.59%) | |
Yes | 9115 (25.87%) | 1535 (29.41%) |