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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Apr 22;123(6):1335–1341. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.022

Table I.

Characteristics of Enrolled Adolescents

Demographics	n = 40
Age (years)^*	16 (15–18)
Female	19 (48%)
Race
Black/African American	30 (75%)
White	11 (28%)
Asian	2 (5%)
American Indian/Alaskan native	6 (15%)
Hawaiian	1 (3%)
More than one race	13 (33%)
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino	1 (3%)
# of medications prescribed^*	5.5 (2–9)
Medicaid insured	11 (28%)
Current smoker	2 (5%)
Median household income (dollars)^*	38.5k (9.8k–71.8k)
Asthma severity
FEV₁ (% predicted)^**	98 ± 12
Age at diagnoses (years)^**	6 ± 4.5
ED visits in past year	17 (43%)
Hospitalizations in past year	8 (20%)
Lifetime hospitalizations	24 (60%)
Lifetime intensive care admissions	4 (10%)

Mean (range)

^**

Mean ± SD