Epidemiology Research International

Research Article

Validation of the ISAAC Standardized Questionnaire Used by Schoolchildren from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Classification of the study population considering the reversibility test as gold standard.


		Reversibility test GINA guidelines (% FEV₁ ≥ 12%)		Total
		Asthmatics	Nonasthmatics	Total

Questionnaire ISAAC	Asthmatics	13	10	23
Questionnaire ISAAC	Nonasthmatics	46	45	91

	Total	59	55	114

Sensitivity: ; specificity: .
Predictive positive value: ; predictive negative value: .