Table 4.

Associations of the change in LCQ total score with the changes in exhaled NO concentration and saline CDR at various stages of budesonide treatment

Duration of treatment	Change in NO	Change in saline CDR
1 week	Rs = -0.47, p = 0.038	Rs = 0.37, p = 0.11
4 weeks	Rs = -0.40, p = 0.084	Rs = -0.27, p = 0.26
12 weeks	Rs = -0.39, p = 0.11	Rs = -0.45, p = 0.059

Rs Spearman rank correlation coefficient.