|
Demographic variable
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Gender
| | |
|
Female
|
91
|
62.3
|
|
Male
|
55
|
37.7
|
|
Age (years)
| | |
|
25 and younger
|
48
|
32.9
|
|
25–45
|
67
|
45.9
|
|
45 and above
|
31
|
21.2
|
|
Mean ± SDa
|
34.4 ± 13.3
|
|
Education level
| | |
|
Bachelor's degree or less
|
65
|
44.5
|
|
Higher than bachelor's degree
|
81
|
55.5
|
|
Place of residence
| | |
|
City
|
144
|
98.6
|
|
Village
|
2
|
1.4
|
|
Duration of asthma
| | |
|
9 years or less
|
119
|
81.5
|
|
More than 9 years
|
27
|
18.5
|
|
Mean ± SD
|
4.97 ± 4.594
| |
|
Severity of asthmab
| | |
|
Mild persistent
|
62
|
42.5
|
|
Moderate persistent
|
44
|
30.1
|
|
Severe persistent
|
14
|
9.6
|
|
Intermittent
|
7
|
4.8
|
|
Not known
|
19
|
13
|
- aStandard Deviation (SD)
- bClassified according to the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma [30]
