Passive smoke exposure
| Asthma | Control | |||||||
| Never smokers | Ex-smokers | Current smokers | p Value | Never smokers | Ex-smokers | Current smokers | p Value | |
| n=25 | n=27 | n=22 | n=24 | n=27 | n=21 | |||
| Partner smokes | 4 (16%)* | 9 (33%)* | 15 (68%) | 0.001 | 6 (25%) | 5 (33%) | 3 (50%) | NS |
| Smoking by others in household | ||||||||
| Cigarettes/day | 16.5 (11.25–20) | 12.5 (6.25–22.5) | 20 (12–20) | NS | 25 (12.5–30) | 20 (16.3–23.8) | 15 (15–18) | NS |
| No. of others smoking | n=4 | n=10 | n=17 | n=6 | n=6 | n=5 | ||
| Smoking allowed at home | 17 (68%) | 23 (85%) | 20 (91%) | NS | 17 (71%) | 11 (73%) | 6 (100%) | NS |
| Visitors smoking inside home: >1/week | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (17%) | NS | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | 1 (25%) | NS |
| Visitors smoking outside home: >1/week | 4 (18%)* † | 15 (56%) | 15 (71%) | 0.001 | 3 (20%) | 6 (55%) | 4 (80%) | 0.035 |