Table 1.

Results of the systematic review of published literature from India^5–11

Features	Bedi 1994	Behera 1994	Kumar 2000	Kumar and Gaur 2000	Chakrabarti 2002	Shah 2003	Agarwal 2006	Our study 2007
Total	20	35	29	32	89	113	126	42
Mean age (years)	NA	34.3	36.3	34	36.4	32	34.4	31.2
Mean duration of asthma (years)	NA	11.1	12.5	12	12.1	11	8.8	12.2
History of asthma (%)	100	94	100	100	90	99	100	100
Expectoration of sputum plugs (%)	55	NA	34.4	31	69	37	47.6	38.1
Peripheral eosinophilia (%)	100	43	100	100	100	83	NA	100
Fleeting shadows (%)	85	77	28	69	74	89	36.5	66.7
Skin test to Aspergillus
Type I (%)	100	80	100	100	82	100	100	97.6
Type III (%)	35	29	44.8	53	26	100	75.4	69.1
Elevated total IgE	NA	NA	100	100	NA	100	NA	100
Aspergillus-specific IgE/IgG	NA	NA	100	100	NA	96	NA	81
Serum precipitins against Aspergillus (%)	100	77	79	75	72	85	NA	100
Central bronchiectasis (%)	NA	71	83	77	69	99	73.1	100
History of anti tuberculous drugs (%)	NA	34	NA	NA	29	81	46.8	91

NA: Not available