Cohort recruited in 1996 (n=5709) | Cohort recruited in 1996 (n=5709) | Cohort recruited in 1996 (n=5709) | Cohort recruited in 1996 (n=5709) | Cohort recruited in 2006 (n=4552) | Cohort recruited in 2006 (n=4552) | Cohort recruited in 2006 (n=4552) | Cohort recruited in 2006 (n=4552) | ||
Women | Men | All | p value1 | Women | Men | All | p value1 | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 44.8 (13.5) | 44.4 (13.2) | 44.6 (13.3) | 0.249 | 47.7(13.2) | 47.6 (13.1) | 47.7 (13.1) | 0.731 | |
Smoking habits, % | |||||||||
Smoker | 27.7 | 23.9 | 25.8 | <0.001 | 20.5 | 14.2 | 17.5 | <0.001 | |
Ex-smoker | 19.0 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 23.4 | 23.9 | 23.6 | |||
Non-smoker | 53.3 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 56.1 | 62.0 | 58.9 | |||
Physician-diagnosed asthma, % | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 0.461 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 0.016 | |
Asthma medication, % | 11.3 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 0.029 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 0.005 | |
Recurrent wheeze, % | 13.2 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 0.274 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 0.584 | |
Attacks of shortness of breath, % | 15.4 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 0.002 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 0.026 | |
Allergic rhino-conjunctivitis, % | 24.7 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 0.029 | 27.4 | 22.8 | 25.2 | <0.001 | |
Family history of asthma, % | 24.6 | 18.6 | 21.6 | <0.001 | 25.5 | 19.8 | 22.8 | <0.001 | |
Socioeconomic group, % | |||||||||
Professionals | 2.8 | 7.6 | 5.3 | <0.001 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 6.6 | <0.001 | |
Non-manual workers | 43.7 | 27.8 | 35.6 | 47.4 | 30.1 | 39.1 | |||
Manual workers | 53.5 | 64.6 | 59.1 | 47.1 | 62.1 | 54.3 | |||
1 p-value for differences by sex | |||||||||
SD=Standard deviation | SD=Standard deviation | SD=Standard deviation |