Research Article
The Presence of Asthma, the Use of Inhaled Steroids, and Parental Education Level Affect School Performance in Children
Table 4
Absenteeism and school functioning in asthmatic and nonasthmatic students.
| | Nonasthmatic students | Asthmatic students | value |
| Absence days (mean ± SD) | | | <0.001 | School performance in last two years | | | | Excellent (%) | 575 (45.3) | 99 (37.9) | 0.127 | Very good (%) | 467 (36.9) | 104 (39.8) | Good (%) | 214 (16.9) | 54 (20.7) | Bad (%) | 12 (0.9) | 4 (1.5) | Grade point average for elementary school mean (±SD) in last two years | | | | <8 (%) | 98 (14.4) | 33 (20.8) | 0.047 | >8 (%) | 582 (85.6) | 126 (79.2) | Grade point level for middle school in last two years (%) | | | | <18.5 (%) | 343 (73.0) | 50 (71.4) | 0.786 | >18.5 (%) | 127 (27.0) | 20 (28.6) | Teachers’ report for school performance | | | | Excellent (%) | 10 (6.0) | 3 (2.9) | 0.034 | Very good (%) | 41 (24.7) | 20 (19.6) | Good (%) | 45 (27.1) | 45 (44.1) | Bad (%) | 70 (42.2) | 34 (33.4) |
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