Table 7 |
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Comparison of children in HPHI intervention study with children in other studies |
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HPHI |
NCICAS [20] |
Other low-income asthmatic populations |
Population-based studies |
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Family history of asthma |
70% |
57% |
- |
N/A |
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% overweight |
56% |
19% |
- |
15% [39] |
|
% of families with at least one smoker |
39% |
59% |
46% [35] |
41% [36] |
|
% with cockroach allergy |
59% |
36% |
52–78% [1] |
22% [36] |
|
% with European dust mite allergy |
59% |
31% |
- |
27% [36] |
|
% with Alternaria allergy |
7% |
38% |
- |
16% [36] |
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% not let children play outside due to violence in neighborhood |
41% |
34% [25] |
- |
- |
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% of persistent asthmatics on long-term control medication |
36% |
24% 1 |
27% [37] |
26% [38] 2 |
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1 All asthmatics 2 Moderate/severe asthmatics only |
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Levy et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2004 3:13 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-3-13 |
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