Table 1. Patient demographics.
| Criteria | Bronchial asthma patients |
Control subjects |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (n=14) | Moderate (n=5) | (n=20) | |
| Age (years) | 37.3 (30.7-43.8) |
37.6 (25.6-49.6) |
32.2 (28.7-35.7) |
| Gender (M/F) | (5/9) | (2/3) | (6/14) |
|
Duration of
disease (years) |
10.4 (6.1-14.6) |
16.8 (0.6-31.1) |
N/A |
|
FEV1, % of
predicted |
87.8 (83.4-92.1) |
68.4 (51.8-85.0) |
ND |
Values reported as mean with mean with 95% confidence intervals.
Definition of abbreviations: N/A – not applicable; ND – not determined; F = females, FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second, M = males.