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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Jul 10;161(6):1109–1115.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.059

Table 2. Baseline Asthma Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Exhaled Nitric Oxide.

Overall
N=99
Treatment
N=48
Control
N=51
P-value
Symptom Free Days ^ 7.32 (4.8) 7.58 (4.9) 7.14 (4.7) .683
Symptom Days ^ 4.31 (4.3) 4.54 (4.4) 4.10 (4.3) .559
Symptom Nights ^ 4.33 (4.6) 4.58 (5.0) 3.98 (4.2) .744
Days of Activity Limitation ^ 2.82 (3.7) 2.88 (3.7) 2.82 (3.7) .934
Days of Rescue Med Use ^ 3.58 (4.4) 4.27 (4.9) 2.90 (3.8) .246
Days Parent Lost Sleep ^ 2.10 (3.5) 2.42 (3.9) 1.84 (3.2) .901
Days Family Changed Plans ^ .64 (1.6) .90 (2.2) .41 (0.8) .760
Days Absent from School due to asthma ^ .52 (1.1) .46 (1.0) .55 (1.2) .877
Quality of Life (range 1-7) 6.03 (1.0) 6.25 (0.8) 5.82 (1.2) .085
Exhaled Nitric Oxide (ppb) 22.34 (22.1) 25.33 (26.0) 19.66 (17.8) .222

Mann-Whitney Test for non-parametric data, shown as Mean (SD)

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Number of days reported over 2 weeks (range 0-14)