Table 5 Prevalence of current wheezing and exercise-induced wheezing among obese, overweight and normal weight school-age children
Symptoms | Obesity N = 64 | Overweight N = 84 | Normal weight N = 755 | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. | % | No. | % | No | % | Â |
Wheeze in the past year | 44 | 68.75 | 31 | 37 | 4 | 0.53 | <0.001 |
Exercise-induced wheeze | 15 | 23.4 | 13 | 15.5 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.009 |