Table 4 Healthcare outcomes from a baseline simulation of 50,000 asthmatic children over 10 years
From: The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: a discrete event simulation model
| Â | Asthma events per child per year | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FEV1% category | Days with asthma symptoms (SD a ) | Serious asthma events (SD) | ER visits (SD) | Hospitalizations (SD) | Oral steroid bursts (SD) | Number of children |
> 80% | 141 (11.1) | 0.79 (0.80) | 0.09 (0.24) | 0.02 (0.11) | 0.68 (0.76) | 33,363 |
60%-80% | 165 (10.4) | 1.2 (0.8) | 0.13 (0.19) | 0.03 (0.09) | 1.0 (0.7) | 15,973 |
< 60% | 183 (4.4) | 2.3 (1.2) | 0.22 (0.21) | 0.05 (0.1) | 2.0 (1.1) | 664 |
Across all categories | 149 (165) | 0.94 (0.85) | 0.11 (0.23) | 0.026 (0.10) | 0.81 (0.79) | 50,000 |