Table 2.

Baseline asthma severity and health status on the risk of death in asthma^*

Score	Died mean (SD) n=123	Survived mean (SD) n=742	P-value
Severity-of-Asthma Score	12.8 (4.0)	11.8 (3.4)	0.005
SF12 Physical Score	31.7 (10.7)	35.5 (11.6)	0.001
Perceived Asthma Control	37.2 (3.5)	38.2 (4.3)	0.014

^*Higher severity-of-asthma scores reflect more severe asthma. Higher SF-12 Physical scores and higher Perceived Control of Asthma scores reflect more favorable health status

Abbreviations: SD, Standard Deviation; SF12, Short Form 12