Table 2. Baseline Asthma Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Exhaled Nitric Oxide.
Overall N=99 |
Treatment N=48 |
Control N=51 |
P-value | |
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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)
Number of days reported over 2 weeks (range 0-14)