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Table 2 The risk of asthma and current wheeze in relation to frequency of indoor swimming pool attendance

From: Swimming pool attendance is related to asthma among atopic school children: a population-based study

 

Currently attending indoor swimming pools

 
 

Never or sometime/year (n = 883)

Some time/month (n = 1387)

Every week or more (n = 323)

P*

Physician-diagnosed asthma

9.3%

11.0%

14.7%

0.027

Current asthma

7.9%

8.7%

12.4%

0.065

Current wheeze

9.3%

11.4%

10.8%

0.332

  1. *Test for trend conducted by Mantel-Haenszel test.
  2. Results presented as the prevalence of asthma and wheeze, respectively, by frequency of attending indoor swimming pools.
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Environmental Health

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