Table 4

Ethnic differences in reporting of physical symptoms

Problem			n	No	Per cent	Yes	Per cent	χ²
Pain	Baseline	BSA	88	37	42	51	58
		BW	180	121	67	59	32.8	0.0001
	3 months	BSA	53	14	26.4	39	73.6
		BW	141	92	65.2	49	34.8	0.0001
	9 months	BSA	31	12	38.7	19	61.3
		BW	121	80	66.1	41	33.9	0.009
Nausea	Baseline	BSA	83	56	68	27	32.5
		BW	178	141	79	37	20.8	0.058
	3 months	BSA	54	29	53.7	25	46.3
		BW	140	91	65	49	35	0.198
	9 months	BSA	29	22	75.9	7	24.1
		BW	121	104	86	17	14	0.574
Getting around	Baseline	BSA	85	59	69	26	30.6
		BW	177	155	88	22	12.4	0.001
	3 months	BSA	55	33	60	22	40
		BW	140	112	80	28	20	0.007
	9 months	BSA	31	23	74.2	8	25.8
		BW	120	95	79.2	25	20.8	0.724
Bathing and dressing	Baseline	BSA	86	62	72	24	27.9
		BW	178	167	94	11	6.2	0.0001
	3 months	BSA	55	42	76.4	13	23.6
		BW	140	129	92.1	11	7.9	0.006
	9 months	BSA	31	25	80.6	6	19.4
		BW	120	104	86.7	16	13.3	0.574
Mouth sores	Baseline	BSA	87	66	76	21	24.1
		BW	179	167	93	12	6.7	0.0001
	3 months	BSA	55	37	67.3	18	32.7
		BW	140	114	81.4	26	18.6	0.053
	9 months	BSA	31	25	80.6	6	19.4
		BW	121	109	90.1	12	9.9	0.255
Fevers	Baseline	BSA	87	69	79	18	20.7
		BW	177	172	97	5	2.8	0.0001
	3 months	BSA	54	42	77.8	12	22.2
		BW	139	127	91.4	12	8.6	0.020
	9 months	BSA	31	26	83.9	5	16.1
		BW	119	108	90.8	11	9.2	0.436
Skin	Baseline	BSA	84	42	50	42	50
		BW	179	156	87	23	12.8	0.0001
	3 months	BSA	56	26	46.4	30	53.6
		BW	142	96	67.8	46	32.4	0.009
	9 months	BSA	31	16	51.6	15	48.4
		BW	121	86	71.1	35	28.9	0.065