Few Associations Found between Mold and Other Allergen Concentrations in the Home versus Skin Sensitivity from Children with Asthma after Hurricane Katrina in the Head-Off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana Study

Table 5

Relationship between airborne mold levels and asthma morbidity by study visit.

Home evaluation	Symptom assessment	Number of maximum symptom days			P value
		Airborne mold > median	Airborne mold ≤ median	Diff
Baseline	Baseline	5.2	8.0	−2.8	<0.001
	6 months	3.2	3.5	−0.3	0.65
	12 months	3.4	3.8	−0.4	0.56
6 months	6 months	3.1	3.0	−0.1	0.80
	12 months	3.6	3.6	−0.0	0.94
12 months	12 months	3.4	3.5	−0.1	0.89

Values are unadjusted for potential confounding variables (e.g., parish, season, income, race, age, and sex). Followup MSD were measured at 6 or 12 months and airborne mold levels were measured at baseline 6 or 12 months.