. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011 Apr 4;46(9):913–918. doi: 10.1002/ppul.21451

Table 3.

Changes in asthma symptoms and control in poorly controlled asthmatic children with OSA before and after T&A, and in those without OSA before and after sleep studies.

	OSA (+) N=35		P value	OSA (-) N=24		P value	P value OSA(+) vs. OSA (-)
	Pre T&A	Post T&A	P value	Pre NPSG	Post NPSG	P value	P value OSA(+) vs. OSA (-)
Acute Asthma Exacerbations (/year)	4.1±1.3	1.8±1.4	<0.0001	3.5±1.5	3.7±1.7	NS	<0.0001
Weekly β-agonist rescue use (/week)	4.3±1.8	2.1±1.5	<0.001	4.2±1.9	3.9±2.2	NS	<0.001
Asthma Symptom Score	3.1± 1.9	1.9± 1.7	<0.0001	3.2± 2.0	3.1± 2.1	NS	<0.001
FEV₁ (%predicted)	80.1± 8.7^*	86.5± 8.4	<0.04	82.5± 9.1**	83.1± 9.7	NS	0.05

- n=18;

- n=12