QuestionThe 90% confidence interval for the mean age of normal weight children without asthma is (9.3, 10.9)

Background: Asthma and obesity are both very common in children, and often occur in the same children. We hypothesized that both asthma and obesity were associated with decreased physical activity. . Methods: School-aged children (N= 122) were divided in 4 groups (healthy, asthma only, obese only, and asthma and obese). Children were asked to perform lung function tests and wear an activity monitor for 7 days. The following were used to measure physical activity: number of steps per day, time spent being active, time spent looking at a screen, time spent in organized sports, and time spent in active transport (e.g. biking to school). We used multiple linear regression techniques to investigate whether asthma, body mass index (BMI, a way to measure obesity) were associated with physical activity. Results: Asthma, BMI, and the interaction between asthma and BMI were not related to any of the physical activity measurements (p 2 0.05). Less than 1 in 5 children reached the recommended daily step count guidelines of 12,000 steps/day. Table 1: Baseline Characteristics Healthy Total Obese, Obese, Healthy weight, Group weight, No Asthma (O) Asthma (AO) Asthma (A) No Asthma (HC) N=122 n = 29 n = 30 n = 30 n = 33 Mean age in years 10.8 10.1 11.2 11.9 10.3 (SD) (2.2) (2.5) (1.9) (2.1) 2.1) Proportion girls (%) 48 31 604 37 64 Mean BMI in kg/m2 18.8 16.1 22.9 23.6 16.5 (SD) (7.0) (1.8) (1.8) (5.5) (3.0) Proportion who use asthma medication 33 69 O 67 O (%)