Table 1.

Subject demographics

	Healthy volunteers	Mild asthma
Age (range)1	43 (24–73)	41 (22–65)
Female2	8 (66%)	11 (92%)
FEV1% predicted1	107 (85–122)	94 (82–111)
Ex smoker3	1 (30)	0
Current smoker3	1(3)	0
Treatment;3
None	12	2
BDP dose1	0	500 (0–1000)
Long acting β2 agonist2	0	3

BDP, beclomethasone dipropionate or equivalent.

¹mean (range);

²number of subjects (percent);

³number of subjects (mean pack year smoking history in smoking subjects).