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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2008 Sep 3;32(6):1548–1554. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00026808

Table 4.

Characteristics of Colds Associated With a Change in Asthma Control*

Explanatory Variable p
Characteristics of Current Colds
 Season of onset 0.05
 Center 0.005
 Length of cold <0.001

Rescue Albuterol Use After Cold Onset§
 Peak 0.001
 Sum Day 1-4 0.029
 Sum Day 1-7 0.004

WURSS-21 Assessment of Current Cold
 Day 1 0.0571
 Day 2 <0.0009
 Peak <0.0001
 Sum Day 1-2 0.0066
 Sum Day 1-4 0.0009
 Sum Day 1-7 <0.0001
*

Asthma control defined as the change in mini-ACQ between Pre-cold and Post-cold Day 7

n = 143, p-values are associated with repeated measures ANOVA

n = 127, p-value is associated with Pearson’s correlation

§

n = 67, p-value is associated with Pearson’s correlation

n=51, p-values are associated with the generalized estimating equation parameter estimates