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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jan;123(1):146–152.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.10.047

TABLE E2.

Characteristics of pediatric subjects excluded from data analysis.

Subject Asthma status Sex Age (y) ICS FEV1 (%) Reason for exclusion
1 No asthma Female 14 No 77 Chronic aspiration*
2 No asthma Male 9 Yes 82 H influenzae
3 No asthma Female 13 Yes 105 S pneumoniae
4 No asthma Female 15 Yes 95 Chronic aspiration
5 No asthma Female 16 Yes 94 Chronic aspiration
6 No asthma Male 15 Yes 78 Chronic aspiration
7 No asthma Female 14 Yes 92 S pneumoniae
8 Asthma Male 8 Yes 104 H influenzae
9 Asthma Male 9 Yes 90 M catarrhalis
10 Asthma Male 16 Yes 106 S pneumoniae
11 Asthma Male 10 Yes 64 S pneumoniae
12 Asthma Male 19 Yes 100 H influenzae
13 Asthma Female 8 Yes 68 M catarrhalis
14 Asthma Female 7 Yes 92 S pneumoniae
15 Asthma Female 11 Yes 82 S pneumoniae
16 Asthma Male 9 Yes 85 M catarrhalis
*

Chronic aspiration was diagnosed according to clinical symptoms and the presence of lipid-laden macrophages and a positive barium swallow or esophageal pH monitoring study.