Research Article
Swimming and Asthma: Differences between Women and Men
Table 1
Gender differences in 57 swimmers with physician-diagnosed asthma out of 300 elite competitive swimmers.
| Physician-diagnosed asthma | Women 30 | Men 27 | value |
| Age (mean SD), years | | | <0.001* | Age of the asthma diagnosis (mean SD), years | | | <0.001* | Allergy | 20/30 | 21/27 | 0.462 | Reported respiratory symptoms | 29/30 | 20/27 | 0.014* | Family history of asthma | 5/30 | 14/27 | 0.005* | Family history of allergy | 16/30 | 17/27 | 0.462 |
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Significant difference.
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