Table 1: Frequency distribution of children with asthma symptoms according to presence or absence of allergy.
Type of Allergy Asthma Symptoms Chi square
Present
N = 142		 Absent
N =166		 X2 P value
No Allergy 52 (36.6%) 129 (77.7%) 51.646 <0.001*
Allergy 90 (63.4%) 37 (22.3%)
Nasal Allergy 49 (34.5%) 13 (7.8%) 3.913 0.048*
Skin Allergy 29 (20.4%) 8 (4.8%) 1.427 0.232
Food allergy 53 (37.3%) 22 (13.3%) 0.004 0.953