From: Prevalence of asthma in Portugal - The Portuguese National Asthma Survey
Current asthma | |||
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Total (n = 6 003) | Yes (n = 450) | No (n = 5 553) | |
Municipality | |||
Urban | 4593 (76.5) | 337 (74.9) | 4256 (76.6) |
Rural | 1410 (23.5) | 113 (25.1) | 1297 (23.4) |
Female, n (%) | 3438 (57.3) | 282 (62.7) | 3156 (56.8) |
Age groups, n (%) | |||
<18 years old | 716 (11.9) | 56 (12.4) | 660 (11.9) |
18-65 years old | 3104 (51.7) | 211 (46.9) | 2893 (52.1) |
>65 years old | 2178 (36.3) | 183 (40.7) | 1995 (36.0) |
BMI † , n(%) | |||
Underweight (<18) | 253 ( 5.1) | 18 ( 4.9) | 235 ( 5.1) |
Normal weight (18–25) | 2179 (43.9) | 140 (38.4) | 2039 (44.3) |
Overweight (25–30) | 1825 (36.7) | 128 (35.1) | 1697 (36.9) |
Obese (>30) | 710 (14.3) | 79 (21.6) | 631 (13.7) |
Education level ‡ , n(%) | |||
<9 years | 3907 (65.5) | 312 (69.6) | 3595 (65.1) |
9-12 years | 1175 (19.7) | 85 (19.0) | 1090 (19.7) |
>12 years | 732 (12.3) | 40 (8.9) | 692 (12.5) |
SES †† , n(%) | |||
Low | 1289 (22.0) | 111 (25.2) | 1169 (21.7) |
Medium | 4137 (71.1) | 1169 (21.7) | 3831 (71.2) |
High | 405 ( 7.0) | 23 ( 5.2) | 382 ( 7.1) |
Smoking status, n(%) | |||
Non-smoker | 4291 (71.5) | 333 (74.0) | 3958 (71.3) |
Ex-smoker | 971 (16.2) | 71 (15.8) | 900 (16.2) |
Current smoker | 741 (12.3) | 46 (10.2) | 695 (12.5) |
Unit Packs-year, n(%) | |||
≤10 Packs-year | 4799 (79.9) | 368 (82.3) | 4431 (80.5) |
>10 Packs-year | 1150 (19.2) | 79 (17.7) | 1071 (19.5) |
ETS ‡‡ , n(%) | |||
No | 4843 (80.7) | 347 (77.1) | 4496 (81.0) |
Yes | 1160 (19.3) | 103 (22.9) | 1057 (19.0) |