Table 2. Medications used in the treatment of asthma by the patients in the groups studied.a.

Variables	Groups			p
	CA	PCA	UA
	(n = 37)	(n = 226)	(n = 137)
Maintenance medication in the past 4 weeks	2 (5.4)	45 (19.9)	57 (41.6)	< 0.001
Rescue medication in the past 4 weeks	5 (13.5)	98 (43.4)	119 (86.9)	< 0.001
Oral corticosteroid in the past 12 months during an asthma attack	17 (45.9)	92 (40.7)	77 (56.2)	0.06

CA: controlled asthma; PCA: partially controlled asthma; and UA: uncontrolled asthma. aValues expressed as n (%)