Table 1.

Characterization of asthma patients and healthy controls

Characteristics	Control	Asthma	P value
N	40	40
Age (years)	31.36±5.71	32.53±6.48	0.394
Gender (male/female)	22/18	23/17	0.823
BMI (kg/m2)	21.89±5.37	22.14±6.23	0.848
FEV1 (%predicted)	93.12±5.45	76.38±10.19	< 0.0001
CRP (ug/ml)	3.32±2.18	3.78±2.62	0.396
Eosinophils count (106/L)	157±43	546±203	< 0.0001
Total IgE (ng/ml)	212.66±72.39	984.43±278.61	< 0.0001