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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Breath Res. 2008 Sep 1;2(3):37002. doi: 10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037002

Table 4.

Summary of reviewed exhaled nitric oxide values (ppb) for the asthma population: adults (A), children (B).

First author Date n Mean Standard
deviation
Standard
error
Median Interquartile
range
(A)
Kharitonov [51] 2003 59 32.3 25.9
Olin [61] 2004 228 24.7
Smith [62] 2004 47 52 34
Berry [15] 2005 566 6.7 log 0.65
Nguyen [63] 2005 44 17 9.5–41.4
Olin [74] 2006 2200 19.9 14.6–31.4
Gruffydd-Jones [67] 2007 37 31.2 11.5–61.9
Maniscalco [80] 2007 14 32.9 6.4
Shaw [71] 2007 118 29.2 14.0 – 61.0
Travers [46] 2007 528 25 15.2
Zietkowski [78] 2007 26 98.9 55.37
Kerckx [79] 2008 21 46.5 22.1
Kovesi [45] 2008 657 20 14–31
Michils [48] 2008 341 32.9
Shannon [72] 2008 50 13.3 8.5

(B)
Warke [59] 2002 71 24.3 10.5–66.5
Beck-Ripp [38] 2002 46 14.8 1.9
Malmberg [60] 2003 96 22.1 2.6
Pijnenburg [36] 2005 40 11.2 2.05
Pjnenburg [65] 2005 85 26.4
Spergel [49] 2005 30 44 49
Zacharasiewicz [54] 2005 40 21.5 8.5–33
Fritsch [66] 2006 47 34.6 17.5–58.6
Gruffydd-Jones [67] 2007 37 55.3 11.6–102.1
Montuschi [69] 2007 14 42.6 28–66.4
Robroeks [70] 2007 114 15.4 1.37