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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients using the nebulizer equipped (cases, n = 43) or not equipped (controls; n = 46) with nasal aspirator

From: The impact of nasal aspiration with an automatic device on upper and lower respiratory symptoms in wheezing children: a pilot case-control study

 

Cases

Controls

 

n = 43b

n = 46b

pa

Male gender (n; %)

27

62.8

34

73.9

0.361

Age (months) (median, IQR)

30

(20–60)

35

(18–52)

0.767

Older sibling (n; %)

18

41.9

23

50.0

0.441

Younger sibling (n; %)

4

9.3

8

17.4

0.356

Full breast-feeding (4 month) (n; %)

33

76.7

32

69.6

0.482

Weaning (age in months) (mean; SD)

5.6

1.0

5.4

1.5

0.136

Caucasian (n; %)

32

74.4

36

78.3

0.670

Passive smoke (n; %)

9

20.9

7

15.2

0.585

Cough outside cold (n; %)

27

63

27

59

0.859

Sleep disorders (n; %)

37

86

37

80

0.576

Emergency events (n; %)

22

51

24

52

1.000

Hospitalization (n; %)

6

14

9

20

0.576

Missed school-days (n; %)

35

81

38

83

1.000

Responder (n, %)

     

 Mother

26

60

31

67

0.6729

 Father

6

14

7

15

 Both

11

26

8

17

  1. aChi-squared test, when condition were respected, or Fisher test was used to evaluate the association of categorical data between groups, Mann Whitney U test was used to compare quantitative not normally distributed variables between groups (Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess normality of data)
  2. bSporadic missing values for a few variables examined