Table 1.
Population characteristics of asthma and atopy analyzed samples
| Pooling Samples | Replication samples | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Atopy | Atopic asthma | Control | Atopy | Atopic asthma subsample | |
| Subjects, n | 75 | 75 | 75 | 222 | 429 | 198 |
| Subjects excluded*, n (%) | 14 (19) | 17 (23) | 14 (19) | 47 (21) | 98 (23) | 48 (24) |
| Age, mean (sd) | 35.87 (6.79) | 32.21 (7.78) | 32.07 (6.95) | 35.36 (7.16) | 33.32 (7.15) | 33.19 (7.14) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Males, n (%) | 37 (49) | 38 (51) | 37 (49) | 106 (48) | 205 (48) | 84 (42) |
| Females, n (%) | 38 (51) | 37 (49) | 38 (51) | 116 (52) | 224 (52) | 114 (58) |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Current, n (%) | 19 (25) | 23 (31) | 28 (38) | 56 (25) | 100 (23) | 37 (19) |
| Ex, n (%) | 20 (27) | 18 (24) | 16 (22) | 58 (26) | 96 (22) | 47 (24) |
| Never, n (%) | 36 (48) | 34 (45) | 30 (41) | 107 (48) | 232 (54) | 114 (58) |
*Subjects excluded at the individual genotyping (stage 2)