Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the study participants.
From: Non-invasive acoustic classification of adult asthma using an XGBoost model with vocal biomarkers
Characteristic | Total (N = 214) | Healthy control group (n = 107) | Asthma group (n = 107) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years, mean ± standard deviation | 28.0 ± 3.4 | 28.1 ± 3.2 | 27.8 ± 3.6 | 0.545a |
Sex, n (%) | 0.100b | |||
Male | 98 (45.8) | 43 (40.2) | 55 (51.4) | |
Female | 116 (54.2) | 64 (59.8) | 52 (48.6) | |
Education, n | 0.131c | |||
High school or less | 71 | 33 | 38 | |
College | 95 | 44 | 51 | |
Graduate degree or higher | 48 | 30 | 18 |
