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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 May 14;132(3):554–559.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.03.031

TABLE I.

Baseline characteristics

Cases (n = 1041) Control subjects
(n = 250)
Male sex, no. (%) 621 (59.7) 117 (46.8)
Age (y), mean (SD) 8.9 (2.1) 8.7 (1.7)
Height (cm), mean (SD) 133.6 (13.8) 133.0 (11.5)
Weight (kg), mean (SD) 33.4 (12.1) 31.0 (8.9)
BMI (%), median (IQR) 68.0 (41.3-89.2) 62.4 (32.1-82.8)
Race, no. (%)
 White 711 (68.3) 190 (76.0)
 Black 138 (13.3) 20 (8.0)
 Hispanic 98 (9.4) 7 (2.8)
 Other 94 (9.0) 33 (13.2)
FEV1 (L), mean (SD) 1.65 (0.48) 1.72 (0.49)
FEV1 (% predicted), mean (SD) 93.7 (14.3) 98.4 (12.2)
BDR (%), mean (SD) 10.7 (10.2) 2.7 (8.4)

BMI, Body mass index.