Relationships between Plasma Micronutrients, Serum IgE, and Skin Test Reactivity and Asthma among School Children in Rural Southwest Nigeria

Table 1

Characteristics of cases and controls.

	Cases (𝑛=37)	Controls (𝑛=30)	𝑃 value
Age (years)			0.06*
13	16 (43.2%)	21 (70.0%)
14	21 (56.8%)	9 (30.0%)
Gender			0.57*
Male	27 (73.0%)	24 (80.0%)
Female	10 (27.0%)	6 (20.0%)
BMI (±SD)	17.4±2.9	17.0±2.1	0.13

^∗𝑃 values are for overall trend.