Table 1

Relation of BMI to selected confounders* of asthma severity in the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) population

VariableNMedian BMIp value‡
*Not shown are CAMP centre (p = 0.0001), history of parental asthma, parental educational level, and parental income (all with p values >0.20).
†Baseline height not recorded for two children.
‡For within group comparisons of ranked BMI (Kruskal-Wallis test).
Overall1039†17.09
Age (years)0.0001
    5–626315.96
    7–831916.56
    9–1027217.93
    11–1218519.60
Ethnicity0.0001
    White70916.96
    Black13817.63
    Hispanic9818.77
    Other9416.55
Sex0.52
    Boys62117.04
    Girls41817.19
Tanner stage0.0001
    I74916.61
    II20218.10
    III5620.57
    IV2421.11
    V324.69
Parental smoking0.04
    Neither74616.97
    Mother only8917.30
    Father only9617.26
    Both10017.32