Effect of congenital heart disease on the recurrence of cough variant asthma in children

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and clinical presentation of 201 children for the CHD and non-CHD cohort

Characteristic	Non-CHD		CHD		P value
	N = 134		N = 67
	N	%	N	%
Clinical presentation
Age (year)					0.99
1–3	54	40.3	27	40.3
4–6	38	28.4	19	28.4
7–14	42	31.3	21	31.3
Sex					0.99
Male	74	55.2	37	55.2
Female	60	44.8	30	44.8
Family history of allergies	123	91.8	57	85.1	0.150
Family history of eczema	64	47.8	30	44.8	0.689
Family history of asthma	26	19.4	14	20.9	0.803
Laboratory examination
Elevated eosinophil ratio	44	32.8	18	26.8	0.388
Mycoplasma pneumonia positive	69	51.5	38	56.7	0.484
sIgE sensitization	85	63.4	40	59.7	0.607
Food	70	52.2	32	47.8	0.549
Aeroallergen	84	62.7	37	55.2	0.308
Treatment					0.99
Fluticasone Propionate inhalation aerosol (flixotide) + salbutamol	92	68.7	46	68.7
Salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate powder for inhalation (seretide) + salbutamol	42	31.3	21	31.3

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