The Presence of Asthma, the Use of Inhaled Steroids, and Parental Education Level Affect School Performance in Children

Table 5

School performance according to school absenteeism, parental education level, use of inhaled corticosteroids, and number of visits to hospital or pediatrician yearly in elementary school asthmatic students.

	Grade point level	Grade point level	𝑃 value
	<8	>8
Absence days (mean ± SD)	2.6±.3.8	5.2±8.4	0.183
Paternal education level
0 𝑛 (%)	2 (6.1)	0 (0.0)	0.003
6 𝑛 (%)	11 (33.3)	18 (4.3)
6–9 𝑛 (%)	10 (30.3)	30 (23.8)
9–12 𝑛 (%)	7 (21.2)	46 (36.5)
University level 𝑛 (%)	2 (6.1)	22 (17.5)
Master, PhD 𝑛 (%)	1 (3.0)	10 (7.9)
Maternal education level
0 𝑛 (%)	1 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	0.008
6 𝑛 (%)	10 (30.3)	14 (11.1)
6–9 𝑛 (%)	9 (27.3)	24 (19.0)
9–12 𝑛 (%)	9 (27.3)	51 (40.5)
University level 𝑛 (%)	3 (9.1)	21 (16.7)
Master, PhD 𝑛 (%)	1 (3.0)	16 (12.7)
Use of inhaled corticosteroids (yes) 𝑛 (%)	28 (84.8)	121 (96.0)	0.018
Number of pediatrician asthma visits (yearly) 𝑛 (%)
<5 𝑛 (%)	19 (63.3)	87 (75.0)	0.202
>5 𝑛 (%)	11 (36.7)	29 (25.0)