Research Article
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asthma, Rhinitis, and Eczema and Their Multimorbidity among Young Adults in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants.
| | | Total | Males | Females |
| | Sex, % (/total) | | | | | Male | 22.7 (262/1154) | | | | Female | 77.3 (892/1154) | | | | Age in years, median (5th, 95th percentile) | 20.0 (18.0, 26.0) | 21.0 (19.0, 33.0) | 20.0 (18.0, 23.0) | | Ever tobacco smoking % (/total) | | | | | Yes | 14.2 (163/1151) | 51.9 (136/262) | 3.0 (27/889) | | Environmental tobacco smoke % (/total) | | | | | Yes | 34.3 (386/1126) | 46.5 (118/254) | 30.7 (268/872) | | Birth order, % (/total) | | | | | First | 23.5 (270/1147) | 22.7 (59/260) | 23.8 (221/887) | | Second | 19.9 (228/1147) | 21.9 (57/260) | 19.3 (171/887) | | Third or more | 56.6 (649/1147) | 55.4 (144/260) | 56.9 (505/887) | | Mode of birth, % (/total) | | | | | Vaginal | 87.8 (956/1089) | 85.3 (198/232) | 88.5 (758/857) | | Cesarean section | 12.2 (133/1089) | 14.7 (34/232) | 11.5 (99/857) |
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participants reporting ever smoking cigarettes and/or ever smoking water pipe (hookah). as regular exposure to tobacco smoke inside and/or outside the house.
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