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Table 1 Demographics of middle-school children with CPC*

From: Chronic productive cough in school children: prevalence and associations with asthma and environmental tobacco smoke exposure

Characteristic

Children with CPC (n = 173)

Children without CPC (n = 2224)

Prevalence in population

7.2% [3.3–11.1]

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Age (years): median (range)

13 (12–15)

13 (11–16)

% Female

63% [56–70]

50% [48–52]

Race (%)

  

   Caucasian

29% [22–36]

31% [29–33]

   African American

27% [20–34]

20% [18–21]

   Asian

23% [17–29]

32% [30–34]

   Native American

4% [1–7]

2% [1–3]

   Other

17% [11–23]

15% [13–16]

  1. * See text for the definition of chronic productive cough (CPC). Values in brackets are 95% confidence intervals.