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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacotherapy. 2011 May;31(5):10.1592/phco.31.5.449. doi: 10.1592/phco.31.5.449

Table 3.

Response to Methacholine Challenge 1 Hour After Dosing in the 10 Study Patients

Patient No. PC20 (mg/ml)
PC20 Ratio, 24 μg:12 μg Fold Change in PC20 from Screening
12 μg 24 μg 12 μg 24 μg
3 1.29 2.17 1.68 2.10 3.60
7 27.75 64.00 2.30 44.80 103.00
12 2.03 7.71 3.80 4.80 18.30
13 43.30 64.00 1.48 9.21 13.62
20 34.80 52.50 1.50 57.10 86.10
21 3.19 8.40 2.60 2.30 6.10
29 1.47 1.57 1.07 4.30 4.60
30 30.75 64.00 2.08 13.50 28.20
31 18.00 64.00 3.60 3.80 13.62
36 1.24 4.30 3.46 1.00 3.50

Geometric Mean (95% confidence interval)

7 (2–22) 16 (5–45)a 2.2 (1.6–3.0) 6 (2–16) 14 (6–33)

PC20 = provocational concentration of methacholine required to decrease forced expiratory volume in 1 second by 20%.

a

p≤0.001.