Table 2.

Numbers (percentages) of men and women using asthma drugs

	Additional drugs
	β agonist	Inhaled steroid	Oral steroid
Women (n=134)
Total*	115 (86)	89 (66)	40 (30)†
β agonist and	26 (19)‡	77 (57)	37 (28)†
Inhaled steroid and	—	—	34 (25)†
β agonist, inhaled steroid, and	—	—	31 (23)†
Men (n=103)
Total*	95 (92)	65 (63)	9 (9)†
β agonist and	24 (23)‡	61 (59)	8 (8)†
Inhaled steroid and	—	—	7 (7)†
β agonist, inhaled steroid, and	—	—	7 (7)†

^*The three treatments are not mutually exclusive; 106 (29%) subjects took miscellaneous asthma drugs such as theophylline. 

^†P<0.01 for comparison between men and women. 

^‡β agonist only.